My distrust comes from the ever-present possibility that his public persona is an act, because it’s Hollywood. Outside of that, the dude has always come off genuine and comes from a place of good faith. I would absolutely consider him more an ally than enemy.
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finitebanjo@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It’s weird, I don’t know if Bill Burr has ever made jokes that took it too far. Definitely a couple bad takes, tho. Reason it is weird is because I have an inherent distrust of Bill Burr, just can’t place why.
MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
everyone’s public persona is an act.
including your own.
MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yes but a wealthy celebrity has significantly more money and power to keep that act up, making it more effective.
The only disadvantage they have is higher levels of scrutiny, but again, money and a team of people fixes that pretty quick.
can@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
He hosts weekly podcasts where it’s usually just him with the occasional guest or his wife. He would have to be very committed to the act to keep it up.
tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 3 weeks ago
The only thing I can remember is that he had some bad takes about cancel culture. It was pretty minor and he’s been great otherwise.
FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
There’s no such thing as cancel culture, it’s celebrities being angry that they have repercussions for being shitty people. I think his frustration was with the fact that you can make one mistake and or have one quote taken out of context and people will define you based on that.
He said "You can’t take one incident or one quote and say, ‘That’s who you are.’ It took me 50 years to figure out who I am and I’ve been with me for 50 fucking years. How are you gonna figure out who I am in a joke?”
This isn’t a quote in support of Dave Chappelle of Roseanne Barr or anything like that.
Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
My first thought was the whole ‘broken clock right twice per day’ spiel, but then I had the same epiphany.
Yeah that guy’s a piece of shit --> wait, he’s a piece of shit right? --> …I can’t remember why I think he’s a piece of shit… am I confusing him with someone else??
Seeing your post, there’s some Mandela shit going on here.
jatone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
he literally calls himself a piece of shit. thats where you got it from. but the reality afaik hes actually a decent human being.
can@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Burr is great. Especially post mushroom therapy.
otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
I initially clicked through to say exactly this. I’d gotten a kick outta his early stuff, but when Chapelle went off the rails, I took a hard look at my standards for comedy.
I hadn’t seen a lot of his stuff leaving up to and including the animated series, but I happened across that show at Red Rocks, and I immediately had a new respect for him. In truth, I saw a lot of myself in his challenges with anger, compassion, attention span, polarized thinking, etc., and had been testing out microdosing for about a year by then. I felt that I was seeing him for the first time, the way it resonated with me, personally.
Beyond all that, he’s come a crazy long way from the undeniable and admitted asshole he was ten years ago. Mushrooms, or no. ✊🏼
can@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Maybe because he’s been on Rogan’s podcast? To be fair he’s one of the few to have called him out.
Lemminary@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
“I’m not gonna sit here with no medical degree, listening to you with no medical degree” 👏