McParadigm wrote:It’s just baffling. From the shitbag “you just pushed a fat kid in front of you” line to his complaining that they aren’t being rebellious because they are trying to change society rather than “finger banging and doing Jell-O shots.” It’s like the standup material Brett Kavanaugh would field test.
He comes across as a severally bitter old man who is pissed he got caught masturbating in front of women.
Re: Louis C.K.
Posted: Fri January 04, 2019 9:06 pm
by Simple Torture
McParadigm wrote:
wease wrote:tree_ must’ve been there
"There are five lights." -tree_
Re: Louis C.K.
Posted: Fri January 04, 2019 9:12 pm
by BurtReynolds
Did the whole set leak or just that clip? I bet it's pretty funny.
Re: Louis C.K.
Posted: Fri January 04, 2019 9:25 pm
by tree_
BurtReynolds wrote:Did the whole set leak or just that clip? I bet it's pretty funny.
The whole set is on YouTube. It's fantastic.
Re: Louis C.K.
Posted: Fri January 04, 2019 9:29 pm
by tree_
Anders wrote:
tree_ wrote:Well, I found that Parkland joke to be hilarious and correct. He's not making fun of the victims, he's calling out the incorrect perspective that being a survivor inherently provides you with anything special to offer on the political issue.
Personal experience is not a bad start in a political matter. Being engaged in and caring about a subject, is even more important.
Personal experience of being shot at does not make you an expert on any political issue. Actually, it serves as the opposite. You've been traumatized. OF COURSE you're against guns now.
Re: Louis C.K.
Posted: Fri January 04, 2019 9:31 pm
by tree_
wease wrote:tree_ must’ve been there
Uh.. I wish. I definitely would've been laughing loudly.
Re: Louis C.K.
Posted: Fri January 04, 2019 9:32 pm
by Anders
tree_ wrote:
Anders wrote:
tree_ wrote:Well, I found that Parkland joke to be hilarious and correct. He's not making fun of the victims, he's calling out the incorrect perspective that being a survivor inherently provides you with anything special to offer on the political issue.
Personal experience is not a bad start in a political matter. Being engaged in and caring about a subject, is even more important.
Personal experience of being shot at does not make you an expert on any political issue. Actually, it serves as the opposite. You've been traumatized. OF COURSE you're against guns now.
Being against guns sounds smart. I can see how personal experience can influence that opinion. Nothing wrong with that.
Re: Louis C.K.
Posted: Fri January 04, 2019 9:33 pm
by Jorge
I'm listening to that set and it's just boring and hacky. What are these people even laughing at? Are they just happy to be seeing Louis?
Louis CK: "I went to France"
audience: "HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!"
Re: Louis C.K.
Posted: Fri January 04, 2019 9:36 pm
by doug rr
theplatypus wrote:I'm listening to that set and it's just boring and hacky. What are these people even laughing at? Are they just happy to be seeing Louis?
Louis CK: "I went to France"
audience: "HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!"
he's a famous person in small club..if i laugh maybe he'll talk to me and we'll become friends
Re: Louis C.K.
Posted: Fri January 04, 2019 9:38 pm
by Bi_3
wease wrote:
The Argonaut wrote:The Parkland jokes were juvenile, offensive, entirely unfunny, and stupid as hell. BUT the thing to remember is that it was not part of some polished Louis special. It was leaked, not put out by Louis. That's how comedians develop stuff, in front of an audience. When you're alone, something might seem funny and appropriate, but then you say it to an audience and it makes you feel bad or you get a bad reaction and you realize and adjust. I am 100% positive that most of the introspective, brilliant jokes we know from Louis's specials started out as juvenile, raunchy jokes that he developed into something meaningful over time by working them out in front of audiences. This Parkland shit is maybe something he would've abandoned and never included in a special in any form. It's a little unfair to criticize and compare a leaked set to a polished special.
Making a joke saying the only reason a kid lived thru that is because they pushed a fat kid out of the way is wrong on every level. It totally discounts and dismisses the horror that those kids and their parents went thru. Polished special or not, it’s just wrong. He sure as shit wouldn’t be making jokes like that if it was his own kids’ school this happened at. He’s a fucking douchebag that no excuse can cover for.
Comedians make jokes about horrific events all the time. Holocaust jokes, 9/11 jokes, catholic priest pedo jokes, etc. The moment those they went from victim to activist they yielded the protection you describe and so even though the joke is not funny at all, it’s not out of bounds. Just lame.
Re: Louis C.K.
Posted: Fri January 04, 2019 9:43 pm
by tree_
theplatypus wrote:I'm listening to that set and it's just boring and hacky. What are these people even laughing at? Are they just happy to be seeing Louis?
Louis CK: "I went to France"
audience: "HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!"
I think it's about how and when he says that. I don't remember exactly but I remember finding it funny, too.
Re: Louis C.K.
Posted: Fri January 04, 2019 9:52 pm
by Jorge
jesus this is dumb.
Re: Louis C.K.
Posted: Fri January 04, 2019 9:55 pm
by tree_
Being able to laugh at horrific events can be healing. Nobody is happy about school shootings. Just take some time off from the horrors of life and let yourself laugh and you might feel better. It's called black comedy and it's what Louis has always done brilliantly.
Re: Louis C.K.
Posted: Fri January 04, 2019 9:56 pm
by tree_
theplatypus wrote:jesus this is dumb.
Have you ever found Louis funny? Maybe he's just not your style.
Re: Louis C.K.
Posted: Fri January 04, 2019 9:56 pm
by LoathedVermin72
tree_ wrote:Being able to laugh at horrific events can be healing. Nobody is happy about school shootings. Just take some time off from the horrors of life and let yourself laugh and you might feel better. It's called black comedy and it's what Louis has always done brilliantly.
No one here is arguing otherwise
Re: Louis C.K.
Posted: Fri January 04, 2019 9:57 pm
by tree_
LoathedVermin72 wrote:
tree_ wrote:Being able to laugh at horrific events can be healing. Nobody is happy about school shootings. Just take some time off from the horrors of life and let yourself laugh and you might feel better. It's called black comedy and it's what Louis has always done brilliantly.
No one here is arguing otherwise
... it seems to me multiple people are claiming the school shooting subject matter is taboo... which is what makes black comedy black comedy...
Re: Louis C.K.
Posted: Fri January 04, 2019 10:08 pm
by tree_
tree_ wrote:
theplatypus wrote:I'm listening to that set and it's just boring and hacky. What are these people even laughing at? Are they just happy to be seeing Louis?
Louis CK: "I went to France"
audience: "HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!"
I think it's about how and when he says that. I don't remember exactly but I remember finding it funny, too.
I just re-listened to it. They were laughing cause he said he thought he should leave the NATION... cause 'everyone currently hated him here in America' is the subtext. It's self-deprecating humor and I love it.
Re: Louis C.K.
Posted: Fri January 04, 2019 10:10 pm
by Jorge
Yeah I understand. It's not really very clever.
Re: Louis C.K.
Posted: Fri January 04, 2019 10:12 pm
by Jorge
I think what's making these bad dumb jokes even worse is that the person closest to whichever device recorded it is unbearable. "THIS IS SO FUCKED UP!"
