The Cellar  

Go Back   The Cellar > Main > Arts & Entertainment

Arts & Entertainment Give meaning to your life or distract you from it for a while

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 05-26-2019, 11:12 AM   #166
Undertoad
Radical Centrist
 
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Cottage of Prussia
Posts: 31,423
Some millennials: Comedy is not funny when it is punching down.

Anthony Jeselnik: Fuck you and hold my beer. In fact hold all my beers because I'm going to punch way way down for an hour and you are going to die.
Undertoad is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-27-2019, 10:35 AM   #167
Flint
Snowflake
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Dystopia
Posts: 13,136
I can only speak for myself, but if someone is "punching down" to a disadvantaged group, and simultaneously wants to literally punch said group, it's not comedy.

Nobody takes Anthony Jeselnik seriously when he says Marlee Matlin should have won a Grammy in the Special Olympics, or that Snoop Dogg stole his wallet. He's an Archie Bunker-- he's satirizing those things.
__________________
******************
There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there
it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your
expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever
gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio
Flint is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-27-2019, 12:21 PM   #168
Undertoad
Radical Centrist
 
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Cottage of Prussia
Posts: 31,423
Some millennials disagree and want to take everything at face value.
Undertoad is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-28-2019, 01:34 AM   #169
xoxoxoBruce
The future is unwritten
 
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 71,105
That's because they rode the damn bus instead of walking 5 miles uphill both ways. Otherwise they'd think a little.
__________________
The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.
xoxoxoBruce is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-31-2019, 10:58 AM   #170
xoxoxoBruce
The future is unwritten
 
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 71,105
Wife's code...

__________________
The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.
xoxoxoBruce is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-16-2020, 09:02 AM   #171
Undertoad
Radical Centrist
 
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Cottage of Prussia
Posts: 31,423
Watched Maria Bamford's latest "Weakness is the Brand" last night. She has her own special type of standup genius and I think it just gets better.
Undertoad is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 12:56 AM.


Powered by: vBulletin Version 3.8.1
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.