Dane Cook would never crack wise at the expense of shooting victims!
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I'm not giving it a pass, nor am I attempting to down-play it. I'm just mentioning that one is worse than the other.
Louis bit: The generation before us called us assholes because were were young and crazy, now the generation after us is calling us assholes because we're old and crazy
Maybe the common thread is that you're an asshole. Or is it too hard to admit that you're possibly doing or have done something wrong, even still?
Maybe the common thread is that you're an asshole. Or is it too hard to admit that you're possibly doing or have done something wrong, even still?
User Banned (2 Weeks): Endorsing transphobic rhetoric.
Damn, he's still got it!
Honestly, this is milder than his old stuff. By far. He has this one set from 2005 where he just jumps from awful subject to awful subject and I think it's far more offensive than this.
EDIT: here it is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zv8d_ry-u-Q&t=521s
Honestly, this is milder than his old stuff. By far. He has this one set from 2005 where he just jumps from awful subject to awful subject and I think it's far more offensive than this.
EDIT: here it is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zv8d_ry-u-Q&t=521s
I think this is it
https://www.pastemagazine.com/artic...is-ck-stand-up-set-has-leaked-onto-youtu.html
The video keeps saying unavailable for me now tho
EXIT: jeez seems like the YouTube video just got taken down minutes ago
Why? We all know what they both did? Who are you trying to convince other than yourself?
I feel like over the past month this entire routine has been posted on Facebook in the form of impact font memes by the same 50-year-olds who are pissed David Hogg got into Harvard.
Texas megachurch parishioners are well known for their love of abortion jokes after all
lol. come on. If being ignorant or offensive is a trait of right-wing comedy then every comic must be a secret conservative.
Just going off the transcript, but that trans joke not only sounds lazy its own right but is also hard to square with the same guy who handled transphobia in such an exponentially more thoughtful way on Horace and Pete too.
Yeah, he knows which end of the political spectrum is going to allow him to continue his career despite being a sexual predator, so he's pandering hard. That set was like the memes racist grandpas send to eachother on Facebook; almost literally doing the "I identify as an attack helicopter" shit. And all delivered to a crowd shouting "YEAH FUCK'EM!".
Except that there's no reason to bring up Weinstein up in the first place unless you're trying to compare the two to make CK look better. Weinstein wasn't as bad as Cosby either, but I wouldn't go into a thread about him and make a post talking about how they're "nowhere near equivalent".
No, you don't have your facts straight, and even if he did ask permission you need to realize the power dynamic and even if that wasn't there how just asking a woman if you can masturbate in front of her puts her in an incredibly uncomfortable position, you just don't do that. These were not women he was romantically involved with or anything, they were cooworkers and aspiring people in their respective crafts in some cases, with one of the world's top standup acts putting them on the spot, so you're still incredibly wrong.
Good lord. CK was legitimately my favorite comedian for half a decade, but even disregarding the context of his heinous personal actions, the glimpse of his new stand-up this clip offers is just mean-spirited without any sort of salient message that serves to undercut the cruelty of the content.
Go to hell, Louis. You've squandered every talent you have in service of making the world a worse place.
Go to hell, Louis. You've squandered every talent you have in service of making the world a worse place.
There's no reason to turn sexual assault into a competition.
Idk, man. I still feel able to separate the art from the artist in this case.
Even certain former idols of mine are hard to enjoy now like Woody Allen films or John K's Ren & Stimpy.
I thought Louie was different. I guess I was wrong?
Sorry.
Except, y'know, in 2005, more folks were giving shitty, edgy, offensive comedy a pass. It ain't 2005 anymore, and honestly, thank god for that.
He saw the red dollar and went for it. Fucking tragic. Worst possible outcome for his legacy. I was a fan.
Yeah, but just a specific type of it. I believe it's normally referred to as punching up/punching down.
It's the difference between Louie CK joking about how, as a white man, he can get away with a lot of shit and will probably one day have hell to pay and Louie CK joking about... how school shooting victims are too preachy?
Yep. I respect the hell out of him for that show and everyone else involved. Everyone should give it a watch but that ship has sailed for many.
pandering to the right is as easy as it gets as far as comedy goes. literally all you need to do is bash esh jay dub-yuhs and be met with raucous applause. sure, you'll never be as popular as you would be if you made jokes that were actually funny. but you'll get paid. you'll get by.
Could you imagine if THIS audio was in the OP? The outrage would be tenfold.
Even if you want to be reaaaaaaaaaally generous and say this is the way his humor has always been...
Bill Cosby didn't do the spanish fly routine again after he was outed as a serial rapist for a reason! It's not a good look.
Bill Cosby didn't do the spanish fly routine again after he was outed as a serial rapist for a reason! It's not a good look.
Yeah as I was listening to it, jesus CHRIST at the bolded. Just when I thought he couldn't get worse than the previous things he mocks shooting victims. Fuck him.
The difference is context. In the past it was like the whole thing was meta... he was satirizing the disgusting pov. But now we know he was actually getting off on it.
I didn't find it funny but I understand the perspective. He's basically doubling down on being 'anti-woke'.
I did, there's not much. That's why I asked; it didn't seem like territory I remember him saying much about.
You're not wrong about his comedy in general of course, there's been shitty jokes in other areas (race and gay slurs) in the past. That little bit I listened to sounded a little more of a dip into...I don't know, something different than what I've heard in the past.. People aren't wrong that it some really cookie cutter right wing stuff.
Usually even his offensive shit at least has a little more creativity than that.
I can see people thinking it's not that bad if they've like... never been on Twitter before and don't realize that everything he said is basically word for word from alt-right twitter. It's not just offensive, it's clear dog-whistling.
And then he insulted the Parkland kids for good measure because ???
And then he insulted the Parkland kids for good measure because ???
Agreed. I did not listen to it but based on the posted transcript it sounds in a similar vein to his prior work.
Yeah that was just...bad.
Good comedy knows how to read the room. Talk about being out of touch.
and there are tons of kids out there still out there being idiots, festival/raving, doing drugs, fingerfucking.
Man how low of a comedian do you have to be to pick on survivors of school shootings
yikes
Good comedy knows how to read the room. Talk about being out of touch.
and there are tons of kids out there still out there being idiots, festival/raving, doing drugs, fingerfucking.
Man how low of a comedian do you have to be to pick on survivors of school shootings
yikes
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The transphobic joke was pure trash. It's like something a dumbass uncle would say at Thanksgiving.
He sounds like a Rush Limbaugh caller now.
He sounds like a Rush Limbaugh caller now.
When you have to start a bit with "Back in my day..." you are washed.
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