But I think you can make fun of anything as long as it’s funny enough.

Sarah Silverman has repeatedly defended boundary-pushing comedy by arguing that the decisive factor is not the topic but the execution—whether the joke “works” as comedy. The line reflects a stance associated with her early-2000s persona and stand-up/TV work, where she often used taboo subjects (religion, race, sex, tragedy) to test audiences’ assumptions and expose hypocrisy. In interviews from that period, she framed offensiveness as a byproduct of failed craft: if a joke is genuinely funny, it can justify approaching almost any subject; if it isn’t, it reads as cruelty or provocation. The quote is commonly circulated as a capsule of that philosophy.

The quote proposes a craft-based ethic of comedy: no subject is inherently off-limits, but the comedian bears responsibility for making the humor strong enough to transform discomfort into laughter. “Funny enough” implies more than shock value—it suggests precision, insight, and a clear comedic target (often power, hypocrisy, or the speaker’s own persona) rather than mere insult. At the same time, the line hints at comedy’s risk: when the joke fails, the audience is left only with the raw content, which can feel harmful. Silverman’s formulation thus treats humor as a kind of alchemy that can momentarily suspend taboo, but only when the artistry is sufficient.