Just watched it. Pretty fantastic, that was the hardest I've laughed at standup in a long time.
The beginning was pretty rough. Especially the feminist part, and in particular the male feminist bit. I think it's partially a generational thing but I grew up being taught that feminism just meant that you believe men and women should be treated equally. It was a little weird hearing him say that male feminists are a recent thing, and saying that no true man can call himself a feminist just felt dumb. I think part of the problem is he's really not good at articulating himself. At the end of the bit you realize what he means better, like when he says a male feminist is like a white person making a show of being part of the civil rights movement. But even then I don't really get what he's saying exactly. You can support treating people equally even if you can't personally relate to their struggles. And he does mention that he empathizes with women, but I don't know, like I said, I really didn't get the point of that whole bit or what the joke was exactly.
It gets way better after that though. I wish he would have just cut the whole intro section out, it's the weakest part of the set and unlike Chapelle's special where he focuses on political correctness through his entire act, Burr never goes back to that topic.
I fucking lost it during the Stephen Hawking bit. The story about him and his wife watching the Elvis documentary was hilarious too.
The "You're sitting here in the Jacuzzi with me" line was gold too.
That whole section was just really awkward, personally. There were a few lines I found hilarious, but at the same time it felt really lame and easy to act like women have nothing at all to complain about.
Like when he mentioned later that he doesn't do black people vs white people humor because it's so easy, I just thought "The whole first part of your act was ripped from the comment section of a Joe Rogan video."
The beginning was pretty rough. Especially the feminist part, and in particular the male feminist bit. I think it's partially a generational thing but I grew up being taught that feminism just meant that you believe men and women should be treated equally. It was a little weird hearing him say that male feminists are a recent thing, and saying that no true man can call himself a feminist just felt dumb. I think part of the problem is he's really not good at articulating himself. At the end of the bit you realize what he means better, like when he says a male feminist is like a white person making a show of being part of the civil rights movement. But even then I don't really get what he's saying exactly. You can support treating people equally even if you can't personally relate to their struggles. And he does mention that he empathizes with women, but I don't know, like I said, I really didn't get the point of that whole bit or what the joke was exactly.
It gets way better after that though. I wish he would have just cut the whole intro section out, it's the weakest part of the set and unlike Chapelle's special where he focuses on political correctness through his entire act, Burr never goes back to that topic.
I fucking lost it during the Stephen Hawking bit. The story about him and his wife watching the Elvis documentary was hilarious too.
The "You're sitting here in the Jacuzzi with me" line was gold too.
That whole section was just really awkward, personally. There were a few lines I found hilarious, but at the same time it felt really lame and easy to act like women have nothing at all to complain about.
Like when he mentioned later that he doesn't do black people vs white people humor because it's so easy, I just thought "The whole first part of your act was ripped from the comment section of a Joe Rogan video."
