wasn't his best work, didnt laugh a lot either, but i actually enjoyed just listening to him talk _________________ "There's only 2 dudes better than me, and I'm BOTH OF THEM."
One of the funniest stand up specials in the last couple years. This dude is a master of his craft. Anyone offended shouldn't be watching R rated comedy specials
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Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2019 12:59 am Post subject:
governator wrote:
jodeke wrote:
Nowhere did I say Asians were off limits. My discomfort is the bold green. I posted it's Stepin Fetchit yasa boss like. Don't put words in my mouth. I dislike dong cong cong, yassa boss. I dislike slope head, slant eye references. Jokes about race can be racy and still be respectful. The N word is why I stopped watching Kat Stevens. He overuses it to the point it's not funny.
who that
My bad. Meant Katt Williams I stopped watching him. See, I even forgot his name. I wonder if Damon caught Money Mike _________________ Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.
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Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2019 1:12 am Post subject:
jodeke wrote:
governator wrote:
jodeke wrote:
Nowhere did I say Asians were off limits. My discomfort is the bold green. I posted it's Stepin Fetchit yasa boss like. Don't put words in my mouth. I dislike dong cong cong, yassa boss. I dislike slope head, slant eye references. Jokes about race can be racy and still be respectful. The N word is why I stopped watching Kat Stevens. He overuses it to the point it's not funny.
who that
My bad. Meant Katt Williams I stopped watching him. See, I even forgot his name.
There may have been more articles written about this now than there are negative reviews of the special. Has anyone bothered to look at how many negative reviews it has received on the Tomato Meter? 10. 10 people. They could all fit in a van. Among the ten, outlets include something called Movie Nation, Entertainment Voice, and Ian Thomas Malone from a website called Ian Thomas Malone. Curiously, one of the negative reviews comes from the National Review. Tough beat for double posted conspiracy theories. 3 people have given it a positive review, plus one I found from NBC News (noted conservative rag) that isn't included in the Tomato score. I don't believe any of these people have been fired. _________________ 14-5-3-12
There may have been more articles written about this now than there are negative reviews of the special. Has anyone bothered to look at how many negative reviews it has received on the Tomato Meter? 10. 10 people. They could all fit in a van. Among the ten, outlets include something called Movie Nation, Entertainment Voice, and Ian Thomas Malone from a website called Ian Thomas Malone. Curiously, one of the negative reviews comes from the National Review. Tough beat for double posted conspiracy theories. 3 people have given it a positive review, plus one I found from NBC News (noted conservative rag) that isn't included in the Tomato score. I don't believe any of these people have been fired.
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Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2019 1:01 pm Post subject:
ocho wrote:
panamaniac wrote:
Bill Burr's new special (also on netflix) just released today. Will try to watch this week and report back.
He's always been a guy that people seem to like a lot more than I do.
I just watched Wanda Sykes I'ma Be Me on HBO. It caused me to have muscle spasms. It was funny. _________________ Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.
There were some truly funny moments. The suicide bit was funny, as was some of the Michael Jackson stuff. The LGBT bit was slow and just wasn't funny and killed the momentum of the show. He finished it off nicely with the poverty bit.
In case you don't know, there's a hidden epilogue after the credits. _________________ ¡Hala Madrid!
(bleep) ing Brilliant. Dave can tell a story, catch you off guard and make the most profound points, all the while being funny as hell.
This special wasn't as funny as others, but it was just a good and better in some respects. He's closest thing we have to a modern day Lenny Bruce.
What a mind.
My daughter saw the later show, right after that gal freaked in SF. She said it was very different show (she just recently saw him in Berlin) as Dave was somewhat shook and had to get his bearings a bit. _________________ "A metronome keeps time by using a Ringo"
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Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2019 11:56 am Post subject:
ringfinger wrote:
governator wrote:
ContagiousInspiration wrote:
old (bleep)
his white friend Chip ..
This skit is genius
That DC performance was Eddie Murphy/Richard Pryor level
My fav stand up routine of all time.
Banishment level in today’s standards but whatever. It’s still hilarious and I know a lot of the jokes from that special off the top of my head.
It's one of my favorites too.
Speaking to the audience at that time is the key to successful standup. I don't think it's anything to fret about that tastes have changed.
Kinda like music. Older rappers complain about hip hop nowadays. But the genre is still alive, it just passed them by. Adapt or die. And I think Dave did a good job doing that. His most recent standup isn't as funny as past ones IMO, but he still did a great job. _________________ "Every hurt is a lesson, and every lesson makes you better”
That DC performance was Eddie Murphy/Richard Pryor level
My fav stand up routine of all time.
Banishment level in today’s standards but whatever. It’s still hilarious and I know a lot of the jokes from that special off the top of my head.
It's one of my favorites too.
Speaking to the audience at that time is the key to successful standup. I don't think it's anything to fret about that tastes have changed.
Kinda like music. Older rappers complain about hip hop nowadays. But the genre is still alive, it just passed them by. Adapt or die. And I think Dave did a good job doing that. His most recent standup isn't as funny as past ones IMO, but he still did a great job.
True, but with art I’ve always felt we should expand what can be said, not restrict. But I get it that sometimes, perhaps, things go too far and we have to dial it back just a bit.
I think this Chappelle set is particularly interesting because it's a dude getting older navigating the young world order and having a confused laugh at everything - the old way, the new way, and himself. Dave represents power now because of his fame, his money, and his talent despite the color of his skin and how he grew up, and there's a broad cultural resentment against any figure with power who isn't in lockstep with the liberal zeitgeist. But Dave Chappelle never had the power to change anything in society anyway and he certainly doesn't now.
I also sense that Chappelle is engaging in a protracted comedic bit vis-a-vis the trans community that will pay off in future years. It is exploitative at its core, but when accumulated won't be directly transphobic. We'll see. _________________ Under New Management
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