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He praises the "deft deployment of slightly risque jokes" as well as a Bridgerton spoof starring Miss Piggy, saying it's a "return to basics, and all the more joyous for it".

From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2026

When “The Bachelor” debuted on March 25, 2002, the notion of a television show based on one man dating dozens of women was considered quite risque.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 14, 2022

“Behind Closed Doors” was a bit risque in the country music world, but a lyric of the song is so true in what should be a transparent world, the world where taxpayer business is conducted.

From Washington Times ● May 5, 2021

Perhaps the heyday of winking was in the risque entertainment of a century ago, when comedians tackled social strictures with a sort of constrained rebellion, via such outmoded notions as cheekiness, naughtiness and mischievousness.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 24, 2019

She had listened attentively to Matilda: She heard Lorenzo's name mentioned, and resolved to risque every thing to throw herself under his protection.

From The Monk; a romance by Lewis, M. G. (Matthew Gregory)

Islanders had to follow a dress code, and risqué challenges were off the table, said ITV America Chief Executive David George.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 2026

There are a lot fewer neon-drenched skyscrapers and risqué robots than we were promised, but a quarter of the way through the 21st century, we are indeed essentially living inside a cyberpunk dystopia.

From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2026

But it was up against other, hipper shows like The Word, and a balding, middle-aged, middle-class man being risqué suddenly seemed less cutting-edge.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2025

Do you feel like audience reception to more risqué jokes has changed in recent years?

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2023

But the abbot, although generally tolerant of Mendel’s whims, had intervened: a monk coaxing mice to mate to understand heredity was a little too risqué, even for the Augustinians.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee