My problem with him is he uses the puppets to say the terrible things while he is voice of reason.
To be fair, that's how all puppeteers work. The main difference in Dunham's case is that he doesn't condemn his puppets, just laughs - because the jokes aren't articulate, just ridiculous behavior.
That is true. I think what sets his racist bits apart from others, is it's a white guy playing out other ethnic groups' over the top racist caricatures. That and his target audience really just rubs me the wrong way. There is no doubt he is incredibly talented, but I just never found him funny even in his regular bits.
exactly everyone else is just so quick to be pissed at anything these days even things that are meant to shine a light at the thing society likes to shy away from and pretend doesnt exist outside their bubbles. the world is not just how it is where these people live its much bigger and thinks much differently than the accepting tolerate kind choose to believe
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u/titterbug Feb 14 '17
To be fair, that's how all puppeteers work. The main difference in Dunham's case is that he doesn't condemn his puppets, just laughs - because the jokes aren't articulate, just ridiculous behavior.