• The Slow, Sad, Painful Death of American Comedy

  • Jun 9 2022
  • Duración: 33 m
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The Slow, Sad, Painful Death of American Comedy

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  • Everyone says and thinks all the same exact shit in America. But I thought I was different. I thought I was cool. I thought I had a deeper understanding of the world. Yeah, all that shit that you probably think about yourself right now. You’re not just a person who likes to laugh. You’re a kind of comedy connoisseur. Sure, you like to laugh, but it’s not about laughter for you. No, it’s about philosophy and culture and freedom of speech. Yeah, I know. You’re like one those alcoholics who refers to themselves as a sommelier. Yes, yes, we know. You don’t have a binge eating disorder, you have a refined a palate that must be satiated with all the great foods of the world...simultaneously. We know. You’re not a liar. You’re a storyteller or a poet or a screenwriter. You haven't published anything or had anything produced, but you're still an unpublished author, and an unpublished author is an author nonetheless. You’re not some weird creepy stalker who follows rich people around like some kind of deranged hungry stray dog looking to lick up your master's leavings. No, you’re an esteemed member of the fan based community. You don't stalk. You appreciate. You're not creepy. You're curious. Yes, we know. We all know that you love to mince words; we all know that you are better than everyone else and that means that you can never do anything wrong. It's an impossibility! It must be because you say it is. We get it. We all know how refined you are. Anyway, after many years of licking comedian taint just like you, I went crazy. I’m not joking. I really did lose my mind. I don’t blame that on comedians. I blame that on myself. But, while I was crazy, I decided to stop watching entertainment. You see, in the conspiracy world, entertainment is evil. All celebrities become lizard people and everyone is illuminati when you’ve lost your fucking mind. The smallest movement is some secret message. That celebrity is trying to control you and you need to stop it right now. So, I gave it all up. I lived “off the grid” as they say. I wouldn’t even use my cellphone. I was that serious about it. I read a lot of books during those years. No, not just crazy books like the bible or Atlas Shrugged...I mean, I read those too, but all kinds of books really, way more than most people will ever touch, let alone read from start to finish. I read so much that I couldn’t read anymore. So, I went back to comedy and, for awhile, it was just as I remembered it. Then, one day, one of the funniest men to ever live, Michael Richards (Kramer, for those of you who are bad with names) called a man a nigger. I couldn’t believe it. I was shocked. My dad and I both loved Michael Richards and Jerry Seinfeld had way more black people on his show than other shows. How could this be happening? I thought. What was going on? What was even crazier was the huge amount of people who rushed to defend him, many of them were comedians. A few years later, the same comedians who defended Michael Richard’s blatant racism stole the term “cancel culture” from black people to launch a campaign to protect themselves from ever being criticized again. They are still on this free speech crusade to this very day and they have taken black comedians right along with them. But their crusade is not for the common man; it is a selfish crusade. They use it to dehumanize their critics and to present themselves as superior. And now, comedy is dead to me in America. If I want to laugh, I mostly watch stuff from the old days of comedy when comedians told jokes instead of demonizing minorities. I watch a lot of Seinfeld, but I have no desire to see Jerry’s new stuff. I like seeing Michael Richards when his only concern was making me laugh. It reminds me of my dad and it makes me feel like a kid again. Call me old-fashioned or boring or whatever you want. I don’t care. You know, kind of like your favorite comedians don’t care about me...or you.

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