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The Cancel Culture hits SNL... and DU...
« on: September 13, 2019, 11:15:14 PM »
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NYT: (New cast member) Shane Gillis's Jokes Went Too Far. Should That End His 'S.N.L.' Career?

The lunatics at DU have always murdered their own whenever they step off the plantation...

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1. Yes. And SNL should do a better job vetting. And I would say that many of the things referenced

are not "jokes," as in stand-up work, but conversation on a podcast. "Remarks" is more accurate.

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2. Don Rickles

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3. Don Rickles was a man of his time

And his brand of humor would never fly today. Look at old clips. It was often bitter and hateful. Good riddance. I think (hope) we've evolved beyond that type of "humor".

evolved... pretty much every movie made before 2003 could never be made today. Every book ever written...Pretty much every comedian would never be allowed on a DU stage... See Dave Chappelle.

Shakespeare? Nope. Homer? Nope. Western Culture since... oh, I don't know... the beginning of time?

Nope.

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7. Never liked him but I'm not of that generation either.

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5. There's no way that SNL management hadnt seen Gillis' stand up...

And apparently they were OK with it. I like stand up comedy and have seen him some on Netflix. I've found him fairly funny. However, it sounds like off-stage he's a racist. I predict he wont make it onto SNL after all, nor should he, if he's as bad as it sounds.

Having watched a lot of stand up in person and on screen, I dont always like where some of the comedy goes. I just stop watching if it gets too much.

After Dave Chappelle started catching hell a couple weeks ago over his new Netflix special, I made a special point to watch it ASAP. Given he is one of the best in recent years, I was happy to watch it. I cringed a few times! His defense of Michael Jackson was uncomfortable for sure. But, his Jussie Smollett bit was hilarious. I would recommend only a few of my friends and acquaintences to watch it. I would NOT recommend it to the vast, vast majority because I know they wouldnt find it the least bit funny or of any value.

Probably my favorite comedian is a Canadian of Indian descent named Russell Peters. His comedy largely centers on his Indian heritage and on sterotypes of various culters around the world. He constantly uses various accents throughout the act. If you look at his audiences, you'd think it was the UN Assembly!

There is a way to provide humor based on sterotypes cultures, races, religions, and other aspects of the human race without being mean-spirited and anti-whatever. The comedian who does it, however, has to accept some will be offended, no matter what, especially nowadays. If she or he goes too far, they lose their audiences, and they are done.

And btw, I loved Don Rickles and his schtick of playing the angry, curmudgeon on-stage. He had a reputation as a really nice guy otherwise.

Most of your friends are extreme leftist SJWs. Of course they won't like Dave Chappelle.... well... not anymore anyway...

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Re: The Cancel Culture hits SNL... and DU...
« Reply #1 on: September 14, 2019, 08:56:24 AM »
How far into Blazing Saddles could a woke DUmmy get before their heads explode?  The slaves singing Camptown Races or the term "Kansas City faggots"?
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Re: The Cancel Culture hits SNL... and DU...
« Reply #2 on: September 14, 2019, 09:26:25 AM »
Humor is dead, and humorless Progressives have killed it.
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Re: The Cancel Culture hits SNL... and DU...
« Reply #3 on: September 14, 2019, 11:42:22 AM »
The lunatics at DU have always murdered their own whenever they step off the plantation...

evolved... pretty much every movie made before 2003 could never be made today. Every book ever written...Pretty much every comedian would never be allowed on a DU stage... See Dave Chappelle.

Shakespeare? Nope. Homer? Nope. Western Culture since... oh, I don't know... the beginning of time?

Nope.

Most of your friends are extreme leftist SJWs. Of course they won't like Dave Chappelle.... well... not anymore anyway...

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Or Bill Burr.
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Re: The Cancel Culture hits SNL... and DU...
« Reply #4 on: September 14, 2019, 11:51:09 AM »
Humor is dead, and humorless Progressives have killed it.

It is far from dead.  You just don't often see it on neutered mainstream networks.
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Re: The Cancel Culture hits SNL... and DU...
« Reply #5 on: September 14, 2019, 04:15:18 PM »
pretty much every movie made before 2003 could never be made today. Every book ever written...Pretty much every comedian would never be allowed on a DU stage... See Dave Chappelle.

Shakespeare? Nope. Homer? Nope. Western Culture since... oh, I don't know... the beginning of time?

Nope.

Most of your friends are extreme leftist SJWs. Of course they won't like Dave Chappelle.... well... not anymore anyway...

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I wholeheartedly agree, and was just thinking of that a day or two ago:
It occurred to me that the awesome Sylvester Stallone/ Wesley Snipes/ Sandra Bullock movie 'Demolition Man' would never be made/ greenlit today, for a number of reasons:
1. Its main hero is a white man, and its main villain is black. Furthermore, in one scene when the villain's criminal record is examined, it's revealed that he was convicted of, among other things, rape. Every liberal website would be champing at the bit to accuse the filmmakers of racism.
2. The film is a truly brilliant look at the sort of despotic oppression disguised as "For your own good" benevolence that the Democrats would seek to impose on America if they got enough power. In fact, many of the things that are portrayed as illegal in that film's depiction of the future are things that the Democrats today are openly waging war on (i.e. Tobacco, meat, salt, firearms). Liberal Hollywood would never let that kind of film be released.
3. Denis Leary's character in the film at one point gives this magnificent monologue which can be seen as representing the mindset of an American conservative: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjoSQ-lCA58. Liberal Hollywood today would never allow any conservative beliefs to be portrayed in a remotely positive way.

As for Dave Chappelle, I find it VERY ironic that the same leftists who in the early 2000s were singing his praises for making 'Chappelle's Show,' which heavily demeaned women and portrayed white people in an unbelievably racist manner (Complete with Chappelle at times appearing in whiteface and talking in a stereotypical "Lame, dorky white guy" voice), are now leaping at the opportunity to crucify him.

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Re: The Cancel Culture hits SNL... and DU...
« Reply #6 on: September 14, 2019, 06:43:50 PM »
I liked the original Chappelle's show stuff. He really gets into that redd fox vein of offending everyone.  The wife swap thing, the black kkk member and reparations day were all brilliant.  The Hollywood profiles of prince and Rick james were wonderful work.
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20. absolute bullshit. the cave is unspeakably vile.

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Re: The Cancel Culture hits SNL... and DU...
« Reply #7 on: September 14, 2019, 09:53:50 PM »
I liked the original Chappelle's show stuff. He really gets into that redd fox vein of offending everyone.  The wife swap thing, the black kkk member and reparations day were all brilliant.  The Hollywood profiles of prince and Rick james were wonderful work.

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Re: The Cancel Culture hits SNL... and DU...
« Reply #8 on: September 16, 2019, 10:17:01 PM »
And Shane Gillis got fired promptly.

New ‘Saturday Night Live’ Cast Member Shane Gillis Fired Over Racial Slur Use
https://deadline.com/2019/09/new-saturday-night-live-cast-member-shane-gillis-fired-racial-slur-use-1202733508/

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Embattled stand-up comic Shane Gillis will not be joining Saturday Night Live this fall because of the controversy surrounding his past racial slur use. The NBC comedy program just made the announcement, apologizing for any deficiencies in their vetting system that allowed for Gillis to be hired in the first place.

“After talking with Shane Gillis, we have decided that he will not be joining SNL,” an SNL spokesperson said on behalf of Lorne Michaels. “We want SNL to have a variety of voices and points of view within the show, and we hired Shane on the strength of his talent as comedian and his impressive audition for SNL. We were not aware of his prior remarks that have surfaced over the past few days. The language he used is offensive, hurtful and unacceptable. We are sorry that we did not see these clips earlier, and that our vetting process was not up to our standard.”

Katie Rich called Barron Trump a school shooter and was only suspended. She should of been fired.
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Re: The Cancel Culture hits SNL... and DU...
« Reply #9 on: September 17, 2019, 08:55:33 AM »
I liked the original Chappelle's show stuff. He really gets into that redd fox vein of offending everyone.  The wife swap thing, the black kkk member and reparations day were all brilliant.  The Hollywood profiles of prince and Rick james were wonderful work.

The greatest four minutes in television, ever:

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« Reply #10 on: September 17, 2019, 11:31:22 AM »
The greatest four minutes in television, ever:

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20. absolute bullshit. the cave is unspeakably vile.

I don't know how any of you can live with yourselves.

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Re: The Cancel Culture hits SNL... and DU...
« Reply #11 on: September 17, 2019, 03:13:43 PM »
Even Jerry Seinfeld can't do college campuses anymore, he is afraid they will think he is a conservative.  :lmao:

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“I hear that all the time,” Seinfeld said on The Herd with Colin Cowherd. “I don’t play colleges, but I hear a lot of people tell me, ‘Don’t go near colleges. They’re so PC.'”

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Re: The Cancel Culture hits SNL... and DU...
« Reply #12 on: September 19, 2019, 08:08:15 PM »
Shane Gillis jokes Trump would be 'funniest' president to 'see get shot' in first stand-up after 'SNL' axing
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/shane-gillis-trump-funniest-president-see-get-shot-first-stand-up-after-snl-axing

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Shane Gillis joked that Donald Trump would be "the funniest" president "to see get shot" in his first return to stand-up after the comic was fired from "Saturday Night Live" earlier this week.

Gillis was booted from the NBC late-night staple after a YouTube video surfaced of him using a racial slur while discussing a Chinatown neighborhood with another comedian.

In addition to the jokes about President Trump, the 31-year-old comic addressed the backlash he's received since his joke came to light.

Not too sure if I am sympathetic to Shane Gillis now. Another leftist hack, who is unfunny.

Phil Hartman and Rodney Dangerfield are cool.
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Re: The Cancel Culture hits SNL... and DU...
« Reply #13 on: September 19, 2019, 08:46:22 PM »
Shane Gillis jokes Trump would be 'funniest' president to 'see get shot' in first stand-up after 'SNL' axing
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/shane-gillis-trump-funniest-president-see-get-shot-first-stand-up-after-snl-axing

Not too sure if I am sympathetic to Shane Gillis now. Another leftist hack, who is unfunny.

Phil Hartman and Rodney Dangerfield are cool.

Apparently jokes like that are the proper penance to regain some woke cred.
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