Do you think the 1000 people laughing in unison at every joke he told gave him that impression? Obv he didn’t read your comment to find out the reality of the situation lol.

Jim Jeffries makes LOADS of very, very mean jokes about women, calls them every name in the book, way meaner than Chappelle. Maybe in Jefferies’ case (since he’s white?) you gave him the benefit of the doubt and understand that he isn’t punching up or punching down—he isn’t punching at all; he is joking. I am also…

If everyone in the room with him is laughing uproariously, and so many other people find him so funny that Netflix pays him $20million per special and they MAKE A PROFIT, then by what standard is he failing? He’s been working on this since the age of 14, and YOU are gonna come along and tell him how to do it, and when…

Big, labored explanations of why something isn’t funny, when clearly most people think it is funny, especially those in the audience at the taping. I do think it’s not as funny as some of his other stuff, but the guy has been honing his craft since he was 14, so maybe he knows more about standup comedy than someone…

I know right! Can you imagine being an adult and putting on a Taylor Swift record because you think maybe it will be good? And then spending possibly hours inspecting and critiquing it, and finally being surprised that it isn’t good. Lol. 

I just cannot accept that any adult knows THIS much about Taylor Swift’s kids-strength music. This piece was like listening to serious book critics seriously discuss bad YA novels. The only thing interesting about her music is that it sells a lot of copies (to basic-ass people). Essentially you’re just reviewing…

it is funny that "white ppl white ppling" doesnt include the hundreds of thousands of whiteys who have paid to go here amd learn about the slaves, and it doesnt include the whie person who poured his fortune and decades of his life opening the Whitney, which has changed plantation culture in LA forever. it DOES…

He “wrote” and directed and won awards for editing the 80s Van Halen videos, and his own solo videos. He’s an amazing human being. 

Deeply racist video. Leave out the insane, oppressive childhood he had, and just skip to the part that’s important to you. Racism oppressed this person his whole young life, Determinism is real. The least you could do is show that he was oppressed and exposed to violence and racism his whole life until he finally…

I think you left out part of the story. It doesn’t describe the hero’s actions. 

Suddenly we’re not celebrating being petty anymore? Noted. For like a year there ppl were really into pettiness.

In trouble again? When did he ever get in trouble? He is definitely failing upwards.   

Sounds like you were thinking she was Fiona Apple, who has not only aged well, but her music keeps getting better. 

That’s like saying, “I did not like that story I read about Harvey Winestein; it treated its female characters poorly.” 

I don’t speak for New Orleans, despite living here for 20 years but: Clearly that’s some New Orleans bounce music. But that “New Orleans bounce beat” was taken/sampled from a New York artist—an artist who doesn’t get mentioned every time a New Orleans artist uses that beat. Twerking is the New Orleans dance that goes…

I also love that it’s a better “joke” than DL could have come up with. DL couldn’t come back and top that one-liner. 

As a teacher of minors for over a decade, I disagree with some of what you said here. However, I just came here to say: good writing! I did not have to all the way agree with it in order to all the way enjoy it. Thumbs up on yr prose.

Him making that joke sort of pulls the curtain back on how different comedians’ culture is, and their thought process, and what they consider important. If he thought of that joke, and thought it would get laughs, he would put that ahead of every other consideration. He would sell out his own beliefs, and the feelings…

No New Orleans, no twerking. 

I could easily see him making Parkland jokes long before we all knew he was doing wrong (albeit, more thought-out ones). I tend to think that what’s really going on is he IS trying to pretend nothing happened, but it sounds worse to us now, and a lot of us are in total denial that we ever liked such sick jokes. I’d…