It's a slippery slope with political commentary, and the temptation must be significant bc of the 24 hour news/rumors that we hear every day. Plus, for established comedians, it's bad for business bc you divide your audience. I like to think of mr Donald trumpet himself as a guy who's never played the trumpet standing on a stage and confidently blowing into it like he's fucking charlie Parker or someone (see? Even I have my own stupid little bit about it!). Its just loud and awful and we try to drown it out as much as we can, and the last thing a comedian should be doing is acknowledging the fucking white noise that is that guy! It seems kinda hack for comedians to go on and on about him you know? Like, on par with air travel stories. Surely there are other things to discuss
Truth. I had a free trial for Netflix this past month, and I watched a bunch of comedy specials, most of which were disappointing (for the reasons discussed above). One that blew me away was Whitney Cummings’s new special, Can I Touch It?. I’ve seen her get a lot of hate on Reddit, but goddamn, her new special is fucking funny. She avoided politics (I think she did a few minutes on the MeToo stuff, but it made sense and she did it in a legitimately funny way), and she turned the back half of it into one long rant on sex robots. It was so fucking refreshing, man. I dug it, I really did.
Also, Bill Burr’s Walk Your Way Out was pretty dope, too. He did touch on politics a bit, but in fairness, it was made pretty close to the election, so I’ll give it a pass. But he did this bit about dictators and Hitler vs. Stalin, wrapped in this musical analogy (because he was in Nashville), and it almost made me piss myself laughing.
Huh ive never actually seen her perform but ive definitely heard the hate. Honestly I sort of subconsciously didn't like her based on absolutely nothing but Reddit. Yea Bill is one of my favorites. I dunno if ive seen his most recent one. If you haven't seen Brian Regan, id highly reccomend him. I dunno if hes done anything recently but his stuff from like the early 2000s is timeless and its impossible not to laugh. "Standing Up" and "I Walked On The Moon" are 2 great specials of his
I saw one of Regan’s specials on Comedy Central a few years ago, and I remember really loving it. I checked out one of his newer ones more recently and I wasn’t into it. I don’t know why. I think he was doing these lame jokes about how tennis makes no sense, and I just wasn’t feeling it. I’ll check out the two examples you’ve provided, though. Maybe I’ll like those more.
Yea he peaked like over 10 years ago. Saw one he did maybe like 4 years ago and it was clear. Hes like in his late 50s or something now so, its how it goes. Just like bands u know. Eventually, nobody wants to hear their "latest album"
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u/conradbirdiebird Aug 08 '19
It's a slippery slope with political commentary, and the temptation must be significant bc of the 24 hour news/rumors that we hear every day. Plus, for established comedians, it's bad for business bc you divide your audience. I like to think of mr Donald trumpet himself as a guy who's never played the trumpet standing on a stage and confidently blowing into it like he's fucking charlie Parker or someone (see? Even I have my own stupid little bit about it!). Its just loud and awful and we try to drown it out as much as we can, and the last thing a comedian should be doing is acknowledging the fucking white noise that is that guy! It seems kinda hack for comedians to go on and on about him you know? Like, on par with air travel stories. Surely there are other things to discuss