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Post by spastikcomma on Jul 14, 2009 7:02:19 GMT -5
I watched last night's episode of a series Public TV's been running on comedians; stayed up late (11:00!) to do so. Last night they covered controversial commedians beginning with Mae West and ending with George Carlin. They also had commentary from other commedians.
I was shocked and offended that Carlos Mencia was in the show at all and particularly offended that he got the last word! I don't want my tax dollars going to produce shows that portray Carlos Mencia as somehow relevant to the comedy world. I'm gonna write my congressman.
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Post by daworm on Jul 14, 2009 13:38:19 GMT -5
What's wrong with Mencia? He's cruder than most, but in the finest traditions of insult comedians, he insults everyone pretty much equally.
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Post by meaves on Jul 14, 2009 13:52:12 GMT -5
Daworm is right. he's a pretty "equal-opportunity" comedian. Mencia hates everybody about the same.
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Post by spastikcomma on Jul 14, 2009 14:00:03 GMT -5
But he's not funny! Except when he's ripping off Bill Cosby. He fails at funny and at being offensive too, really. He pushes the envelope right up to where someone else left it.
I didn't expect any opposition on this.
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Post by rstewart on Jul 14, 2009 14:02:03 GMT -5
Never heard of him.
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Post by daworm on Jul 14, 2009 16:04:45 GMT -5
I don't watch his show much, but when I have I thought it was funny enough.
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Post by Bryan Stone on Jul 15, 2009 12:48:42 GMT -5
I have never even cracked a smile watching that clown on stage
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Post by julia on Jul 16, 2009 7:29:40 GMT -5
You are entitled to your opinion about comedians. Its a lot like art. Its very subjective.
I personally find Mencia hilarious.
Comedians have been 'ripping' each other off forever. His delivery is different than Cosby's. The stories are even different. Themes are the same. So what.
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Post by el Gusano on Jul 16, 2009 9:57:31 GMT -5
Also, Cosby's is from real-life experience, and I would expect that others would have similar experiences.
But I've never heard of Mencia.
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