Damn seeing Bill Burr's name on that list makes me sad. The others all make total sense. But Bill Burr damn.
Pete Davidson didn't make sense either. Dad dies in the towers on 9/11 and he thinks this is cool?
Chapelle talking about how bad Hollywood is and not worth it...smh
Dave Chappelle has shown signs of being an asshole for a very long time
I really haven't watched TV since he went AWOL then came back and talked about Hollywood. Sometimes I'm around someone who's watching, but it's not something I pay attention to.
I use him as an example where people think talking about injustices makes a person a particularly good person. I doubt he was ever all that good natured of an adult. He made his money and once he aged out of the social scene he rapidly started contributing to conservative social talking points in his comedy. And looking back I don't think it's that far from the Chapelle show.
There's what he likes and there's everyone/everything else he looks down on. He was never really an ideologue of anything. Just making fun of people in ways that got him the attention he enjoyed. Just a suck up for whatever social group he thought he could fit in with. Nowadays he's fully embraced in sucking up to billionaires. Thats the social scene he aspires for now. More money means right to Chapelle. Also his dislike of trans people seems to be on his mind often. It's all a joke though like so many other artists that hide behind just making a joke. I highlighted social conservatism for Chapelle. He's an economic conservative too. Actions speak louder than words. Hannibal Burress was another comedian that ended up playing damage control and pretend his personal ideology isn't money while public persona leftist
What I've learned the past 25 years this millennium, don't trust stand up comic. Comics that write jokes for others but the Hollywood types are more often than not garbage
PETE DAVIDSON?? The guy whose origin story is literally that his dad died during the 9/11 terror attacks orchestrated by the Saudis? THAT Pete Davidson??
Maybe he's going in undercover as a comedian to get revenge?
It's gonna be really hard for him to pretend to be a comedian
You mean to tell me that a guy who sells Axe body spray might not care where his money comes from, regardless of how it makes him look?
If anyone expected Marc Maron to be anything except against this entirely they've definitely never actually heard Marc Maron once.
From the folks that brought you 9/11, two weeks of laughter in the desert don’t miss it.
Maron has such a way with words.
“I mean, the same guy that’s going to pay them, is the same guy that paid that guy to bonesaw Jamal Khashoggi and put him in a f***ing suitcase,” Maron also said. “But don’t let that stop the yuks, it’s going to be a good time.”
Love Maron even more now, and all respect to Gillis and Zach Woods, but I did expect more from Burr and Ansari, and Mark Normand was disappointing too. Bill Cosby and Woody Allen made me laugh though. Who's showing up for those two?
People who don’t give a fuck about women….sooo a lot of Saudi's I’d assume
Children
Yeah but Marc Maron is also this angry old school guys who does't understand modern things while telling you to play this fun game called rocket league.
Burr was the most shocking. Torched his brand and legacy with this move, hope the paycheck was worth it.
worst part of it is none of these guys were struggling. All of them could easily turn it down and they would be just fine.
Credit to those like Shane Gillis, Nimesh Patel and Stavvy for turning it down.
Nimesh Patel is still listed on the site as appearing 😓
Sites not updated, he's been posting that he cancelled.
150k isn't chump change for him either, he's not as well off as Stavvy or Gillis.
Well you don’t get much better sourced than the guy himself.
Chappelle thinks because he acted on his principles one time in his life twenty years ago it grants him a pass to be a POS for the rest of his life.
i'm going to have to give Gillis another chance and try watching his standup.
I've been watching a lot of Shane Gillis content for a little under a year and I can officially say I'm even more confused on his political leanings and now know way too much about lady boys and their historical context thanks to him.
Have you watched Tires though? Because it's a lot of fun.
Looks like Hannibal Burress is disappointing us too.
https://www.visitsaudi.com/en/seasons/riyadh-comedy-festival
The dude is a landlord who supported the candidate who wanted to give people $1000 so he could increase rent by $1000.
He's not an ally.
This shocked me about a lot of esports events. Sooo much saudi sponsorship and people going to LAN events there. Really disgusting.
Yeah I’ve ignored the ESWC because it’s just Saudi attempting to improve its image without actually changing their ways. And I am a huge SC2 fan so it hurts to ignore the biggest tournament of the year
Money talks.
Some of the world’s best-known comedians, and also Pete Davidson
I've lost all respect for the comedians performing in this festival, but gained a lot of respect for the ones who turned down the money out of principle.
Bill Burr is the biggest disappointment for me. Thought he was at least a little better than that.
Jim Jeffries is a surprise, and Jack Whitehall, but no big loss for me there.
Jeffries didn't surprise me at all, guy always came across as adrift at best. He doesn't have a good sense of right and wrong.
I remember one time he brought his toddler on stage to a rowdy podcast/comedy club scene. All the other comics had to chew him out before he finally left. https://open.spotify.com/episode/1LBf9sftjeNhYl4jUuGA2G The episode used to be on YouTube but this was the only source I could find right now.
Edit: 19:30-Ish is when Stanhope introduces him, here's the clip for those who don't wanna log in to spotify: https://streamable.com/rj0k4p
If America didn't male Saudi rich with all those oil purchases over the years we wouldnt be in this pickle.
Kudos to those that decided not to go hut I think we all know that the American ethos is "everyone has a price".
dear billy big bux :/
Considering how backwards the Saudi government is in terms if human rights, it still feels like a win for bringing some different thinking over there.
I would also note:
-Those gentlemen are not perceived as the friendliest to the feminists because they are middle-age dudes. That could explain how they end up in this line up.
-They are more the type to have the balls to go give a controversial show in an autocratic country.
They signed agreements about what they can and cannot make jokes about, so that's a stupid point.
I went to check who else was going, and was disappointed to see Jimeoin, Gabriel Iglesias and Hannibal Buress there.
Unfortunately Hannibal kinda sucks.
Buress owns a building in Chicago; in 2017, he removed residential tenants in order to convert the property into Airbnb short-term rental units. In October 2019, he posted a tweet against Bernie Sanders's call for rent control and asked for donations to an Illinois landlords association, leading to Twitter users criticizing him with the phrase "Hannibal Buress is a landlord". Buress later stated that he regretted his now-deleted tweets, which he claimed were jokes meant to stir up controversy. He attributed the criticism he received to fallout over comments he made on Sanders's age. Buress also said a housing charity had refused his $4,000 donation due to his perceived landlord advocacy.
So him not caring who is paying him, long as he is getting paid, sorta tracks. :/
Well that's a shame. I quite liked his stand-up. Into the bin with him.
It's always a shame finding out funny people suck.
Bill Cosby was a hard one. That dude ignited my love of stand-up comedy when I was in high school back in the 80's.
No doubt, he was the first standup act I seen in person as a young teen. Had his albums on vinyl and everything.
His records were among some of the first I ever owned (inherited from my father) and it really hurt to destroy them when we all found out about who he actually is. It really felt like I was destroying a part of my childhood. Had to be done though.
Shane Gillis... The naive all American highschool boy? He's like ...the American Girl doll of comedy.
He's anything but naive
These are the most successful comedians. Like most rich entertainers, most are assholes behind the scenes when when their public persona matters and they want to fit in with younger crowds. Then when they're past their prime years of relevance, they start kicking down further and further. George Carlin is a rarity. People making a career dunking on others are probably going to end up old shock jocks eventually
Oh wow. I hope all this fallout they're going to receive is worth it for them.
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