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 Post subject: Re: The Stand-up Comedian Thread
PostPosted: Mon November 22, 2021 1:52 pm 
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Finally watched Chappelle’s The Closer. My least favorite of his Netflix run, though the story about the girl in SF was powerful.


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i think ill re watch them

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Does he tell any jokes?


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yes, mostly

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Farmer John wrote:
Does he tell any jokes?

There were a couple jokes but mostly it was a speech about why he’s not anti-trans

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Bammer wrote:
Farmer John wrote:
Does he tell any jokes?

There were a couple jokes but mostly it was a speech about why he’s not anti-trans

Accurate, except he does say some anti-trans stuff.

Look, I love Chappelle. Definitely in the conversation for GOAT. But with this special, I feel like he's lost his way a bit. He's been putting "lemme make you think" ahead of "lemme make you laugh" for a while now, but this one didn't really do much of either: it mostly served as an airing of his grievances with the trans community, with the final stretch having him essentially say "This is my view on trans people, I admit I may be wrong, let's talk it out reasonably."

I honestly don't understand why anyone who watched the entire set would be terribly upset; but I also don't understand why he made this the focus of his entire set.


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i agree that he talked too much about it, and im happy he seems to be moving from that subject in the future....also I dont have a clue why anyone could be offended by the special, and there were a lot of funny moments.

and yes, he is the best.

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 Post subject: Re: The Stand-up Comedian Thread
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Louis CK has a new hour-long special out today for $10. Here's a 6-minute clip:



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I'm not sure which I'm more troubled by: that that is the six minutes Louis chose to highlight in order to sell his special, or that I found all of it funny and laughed at every joke. I am sure of one thing, though. I hate that the name of the special is SORRY. I hate it

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The Good Will Hunting bit was hilarious. The "farting in a Puerto Rican accent" joke was pretty lame.

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Ello Sailor wrote:
The Good Will Hunting bit was hilarious. The "farting in a Puerto Rican accent" joke was pretty lame.

I was just about to post the only part I didn't like was the fart joke. Otherwise, this was great. I forgive Louis for everything.

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I loved the one he released last year, so im looking forward to this one.

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I watched the new Louis CK special. It was very very good, bordering on great. Had some of the old magic of his pre-2017 stuff, less acerbic. I laughed a lot.


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Very exited to see it tonight.

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Having slept on it, I’ll say this special represents a new stage in my post-MeToo relationship as a consumer: Here’s a guy who’s work i previously adored; but who’s quality of output had begun to wane for me even before the scandal…

I had no problem pirating his last couple specials, and was fairly indifferent to the material and my choice to watch it for free. But I paid for this one, and I absolutely loved it.

So am I ready to forgive the guy? Or just admit that he did some creepy things and I’m going to disregard those and give him my money?

I don’t know the answer, but I’m thinking about it all, because his new special is not only very good, but there’s a new sort of “winking acknowledgment” to his humor; underpinning all the jokes is the audience’s awareness of what he did, and he seems to be learning to play off that tension to make some really funny material.


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Well worth a watch. He hasn't really toned it down or attempted to reinvented himself post-jerk, which is the best possible outcome here. Uptight folks might not like it, but who gives a shit?

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The bit about his dog really had me cracking up


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Also about buying bananas


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Where do I watch this thing ?


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I don’t know anything about the scandal surrounding this guy. That clip was funny. My fave was actually the part about skipping YouTube ads.

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