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VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 week agoKeyword: professional.
These last few years have seen old comedians finding it hard to update their style. They’re the ones hyperfocusing on people not finding their jokes funny, at this point. I defended Dave Chappelle at first, but it seems his standup has become the feel sorry for me hour.
I think Ricky Gervais especially exaggerates how offensive his material is just to have something to talk about. Carlin is a prime example of bitchy old man humor done right. But that’s just my opinion.
Delphia@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I think Ricky has a problem in that some people go to his shows expecting a sterility of humor you find on tv and get proper standup. You almost never hear outrage about Jeselnik because his entire repertoire is “I’m saying the wildest shit I can think of and thats what you’re here for”
I have mixed feelings about Dave Chappelle because I genuinely believe in inclusivity which unfortunately includes having jokes made about you (which some communities do not appreciate) but he just did too much and it crossed a line into feeling like bullying behavior so I dont fuck with him at all anymore.
VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 week ago
I just expect funny, honestly.
He comes across as an angry man that doesn’t know how to grip an audience anymore. As evidenced by the fact that he’s more interested in the lecture than the joke.