On Wed, Apr 11, 2018 at 9:27 PM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 11, 2018 at 9:39 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Bill Maher molests collies >> > > I honestly wonder what happened to Maher. YouTube recommends his videos to > me and I watched a recent monologue. Trump jokes might be stale by now but > at least they are easy to do and there are lots of them. Maher's > presentation was lousy and the material didn't work. His audience ate it up > but it was a very poor monologue. > His problem is he takes himself too seriously. He focuses more on his righteous (in his opinion) indignation and less on being funny. It is basically what occurred with Dennis Miller. He was successful because he used humor to combat political correctness (or one incarnation of political cotrectness), but as both culture and pop culture evolved, Maher dug in his heels. Religulous was a funny movie that made fun of many beliefs, some of which I share — but I still laughed out loud and was not offended by it. But now he’s just mean-spirited about people of faith. He and other celebrity “new atheists” like Ricky Gervais (not to be confused with atheists in general, whose lack of faith I have no problem with and whom have no problem with my faith) got nasty, and when people called them out on it, they cried victim. Honestly, if Maher wants to play the victim, or if he wants to lash out at Muslims or Christians or whomever, I wish him all the best. But he cannot expect me to laugh at the words coming out of his mouth. I’d like to be able to find him funny again. Heck, I’d like to be able to find Dennis Miller funny again. But before I can, they have to actually be funny again. It’s the difference between an insult comic and someone who is just insulting. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
