I think the monologue was pretty good until he got a little too deep into the child molestation "must be really good" stuff. This shouldn't shock or surprise anyone that's watched his standup acts.
He made it awkward a couple of times, but I don't think it was really that far off from most of his other "pushing the boundries" type material.
He always tries to push it a little bit on his SNL monologues. I did enjoy him eating up the crowd awkwardness and then stating "Yeah you guys, how do you think I feel, this is probably my last time here" or something like that.
It was definitely a touchy subject (one he's gone after a little bit before), but I think this is all very much par for course with Louis CK.
I'll admit that it put me in uncomfortable territory, and out of that, set me up for a couple of solid laughs. Definitely see why people could be a bit offended but I think this is just Louis CK doing his job. Awkward, yup. Funny, yup.
It reminded me a bit of George Carlin's bit on rape.
Not NEARLY as taboo as child molestation, obviously. His words about "...how you construct the joke" have always stuck with me. I think Louis CK did a pretty good job of this in his monologue, he just happened to choose (arguably) the most taboo subject imaginable.
I agree with pushing limits, things like religion, politics, sexual preference/orientation and whatever else but joking about child abuse is just wrong.
Child abuse is a crime against a child, nothing they asked for or could defend themselves against. They didn't get a choice like you can choose your religion. It's like making fun of someone because they have cancer or making fun of a person who was murdered. Being edgy is one thing but making fun of child abuse is pretty low.
I can see SNL putting out some kind of apology for this and having warnings at the beginning of their shows or something. I'll say I respect Louis CK a little less. I know he does stuff like this in his stand up but this wasn't stand up, it was a TV show.
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Child abuse is a crime against a child, nothing they asked for or could defend themselves against. They didn't get a choice like you can choose your religion. It's like making fun of someone because they have cancer or making fun of a person who was murdered. Being edgy is one thing but making fun of child abuse is pretty low.
He didn't make fun of abused children though. His bit was pointing out how f***ed the mindset of a child molester must be and I don't think there's anything wrong with that.
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Why is it so terrible to start a dialog about how a mind of a child sex offender works? Is it uncomfortable? Sure. Is it important? I think so. Is To Be Quite Honest interviewing himself? Yes, he is.
Admittedly haven't watched the episode yet (it's on the PVR), so I'm kind of "that guy" on this issue, but...isn't this just kind of what LCK does?
He's talked before about how his first joke where he feels he crossed over into the type of comedian he is now was a joke about how, as a new parent, he finally understands how some babies end up in dumpsters. Isn't that kind of along the same lines?
Comedy is about pushing the limits and the show has done that itch things like drawing Mohammad and the plane crash yet they wouldn't make jokes about Bruce Jenner. There's a line. He may not have joked about molesting children but he made light of the situation.
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Finally saw it thanks to the YouTube clip, and thought it wasn't nearly as bad as I expected.
In fact, I found it quite funny, due in no small part to the fact that Louie did what good comedians do - he found the truth in the bit. He's right: in our society, being a child molester or child killer is literally the worst thing you can be labelled. Even other hard core criminals, who have unrepentantly done very bad things, will go after a child molester. And yet, as Louie says, some people still do it! That's some crazy compulsion, and the reward/relief they get must be off the charts, because I would never think about doing anything that had that type of backlash and taboo.
Tracy Morgan’s making his comeback: The comedian, who was critically injured after a June 2014 car accident, is set to host the third show of Saturday Night Live’s upcoming season.
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Miley Cyrus — who’s hosting this year’s MTV Video Music Awards — will helm the season’s first episode, marking her third time as host, while Amy Schumer will make her SNL hosting debut in the second week. See the exact dates in SNL’s tweet below.
Good to see Tracy Morgan back after his horrible car accident last year.
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Not sure I can think of a worse choice to open the season with than Miley. How disappointing. Hope it's not a sign of things to come. Should have started with Morgan, really looking forward to that show.
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