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14 Years Ago, Dane Cook Made a Wild ‘Dark Knight Rises’ Joke Days After the Aurora Theater Shooting

Dane Cook apologized after audio of the joke spread online, while other comedians debated whether the material crossed the line.

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Less than a week after the 2012 Aurora, Colorado movie theater shooting that killed 12 people and injured 70 others, Dane Cook hit the stage at the Laugh Factory in Los Angeles to share his thoughts on The Dark Knight Rises, the film that was being shown the night of the massacre.

“So I heard that the guy came into the theater about 25 minutes into the movie,” Cook began his joke. “And I don’t know if you’ve seen the movie; the movie’s pretty much a piece of crap,” he continued. “And I know that if, you know, none........

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