I guess I'm not a huge fan of the gimmicky stuff either like the obvious planted hecklers/cell phone rings. Like that part where a phone is ringing in a loud perfect ringtone to be picked up by the viewer and it keeps going until Dave is ready to lay into his punchlines based on it, rather than a real phone ring where someone would bail into their pocket so ****in fast.
Silly stuff, but I guess pretty common now a days. Even Bill Burr who used to rag on that stuff does it in his specials from time to time with planted hecklers. Not a huge deal, just a thing I guess, especially after the youtube heckler beatdown fad last decade.
I can't wait for Burr's new comedy special. When I saw it his new hour is way better than his last one, and his style of now just wanting to annoy the hell out of people that get offended easily is absolutely hilarious to me.
I can't wait for Burr's new comedy special. When I saw it his new hour is way better than his last one, and his style of now just wanting to annoy the hell out of people that get offended easily is absolutely hilarious to me.
Likewise with Chappelle, I'm not for or against offending people as a premise, but the actual jokes themselves are what seem to take a hit with this style.
With Bill though, I'm confident it will hit well as I don't see him as diverging to this style it's literally who he is. He's never come off as a "watch me say the most offensive thing I can" and then stare at the audience as they "shock laugh" at how offensive/gross it is, like a Tom Segora.
He's more the type that was ranting about this stuff to his friends at the bar with real feelings of frustration and anger and doing it on stage was a natural progression, so it doesn't come off forced or putting on an act to make people laugh. That's my kind of humour.
Definitely agree with that. Burr still has it based in jokes rather than like he's addressing a social issue, which was the one thing that kept me from loving Chappelle's Netflix stuff so far. And while it'll be offensive by the end of the routine it comes back to making fun of himself, not just being offensive for the sake of it
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I guess I'm not a huge fan of the gimmicky stuff either like the obvious planted hecklers/cell phone rings. Like that part where a phone is ringing in a loud perfect ringtone to be picked up by the viewer and it keeps going until Dave is ready to lay into his punchlines based on it, rather than a real phone ring where someone would bail into their pocket so ****in fast.
Silly stuff, but I guess pretty common now a days. Even Bill Burr who used to rag on that stuff does it in his specials from time to time with planted hecklers. Not a huge deal, just a thing I guess, especially after the youtube heckler beatdown fad last decade.
I had no idea this was a thing. I thought stuff like that is usually legit.
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A few weeks after crashing head-first into the boards (denting his helmet and being unable to move for a little while) following a hit from behind by Bob Errey, the Calgary Flames player explains:
"I was like Christ, lying on my back, with my arms outstretched, crucified"
-- Frank Musil - Early January 1994
Chapelle was already a top tier comedic talent, but I think this special cements his body of work among the all time greats.
I just googled it and all the top responses were damning articles about how he went too far, despite it getting generally positive reviews. Stay woke, silicon valley.
E: currently has a 0% rating on rotten tomatoes
They also "think" Black Panter is the greatest movie of all time lol
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Chapelle is one of the greats. Watching him do a stand-up is just that - seeing someone so good at making jokes that they make it look completely effortless.
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I'm all for arguing, but anyone who thinks Chappelle isn't a comic genius is totally out to lunch. When it comes to racial and touchy subject humor he tackles it head on, and it's always great.
