We really got the worst era of comedy. Bunch of court jesters dancing for a king while the city burns
American comedy is become irredeemably lame. Though Jimmy Carr is on the list there too but at least him being a spineless whore is kinda his schtick
They were funded by these large groups and that isn’t talked about enough. It wasn’t just SA blood money they chased. They took it from hertiage foudation and other conservative groups. Most probably didn’t even realize they were doing it. They’d just get booked through agents. It just happened that these agents were working with groups who probably paid for personality profiles of the lamest comedians who could benefit their cause if they were actually popular.
There’s really no defense that is morally good in my opinion . F these people. At least they self identify as amoral assholes.
Super disappointed in Burr.
Unsubscribed.
Yet as a country they buy their oil and supply them weapons, but this is a bridge too far I suppose.
Argh I’m so upset by this betrayal I’m going to type something on the internets.
That’ll solve it.
What’s with people in here expecting comedians to be moral paragons? Especially Bill Burr. Dude’s whole claim to fame is being a piece of shit.
Inb4 they whine in their next comedy specials that they’re ‘being cancel cultured again by Gen Z’ and this time its ‘just for working’.
Cue laughs from conservatives.
Likewise we’re not paid enough to be their audience. Grifters, kindly fuck off the stage.
Nice for these people to be so open about their shittiness, it removes the benefit of the doubt and makes it easier to weed them out
The Grift must go on!
‘They’re paying me enough to look the other way’
That is at least an honest approach instead of “We’ll change things over there with our comedy”.
Just stfu next time it’s about politics (hint: they won’t).
The only guy that is surprising for me is Bill Burr. Not exactly financially hanging on by a thread but still selling out like that.
Same, very surprised by Bill Burr and that it wasn’t a bit for him to tell the Saudis some hard truths either.
Instead, he gives us a weak-ass “they are the same as us” response because they have the same crappy fast-food…
It’s always about the money for these pricks.
Don’t fool yourselves into thinking entertainers are your friends. They’re not.
Mr. Rogers weeps.
Literal blood money bruh
Don’t make celebrity performers your idols, folks. They’re mostly psychologically damaged, amoral, backstabbing, money grubbing narcissists.
Especially comedians… it’s a defense mechanism.
I don’t disagree with you, but this is isn’t exactly “idol” level expectations, either. “Not selling out to horrific regimes” is basic decency I’d expect of everyone, not just those I look up to. Most of the names I see here make sense, but there are a few I expected to be better than this.
People: Billionaires are the problem
Also people: OMG Taylor Swift’s new album just dropped! Let’s go buy 3 different versions of it
You don’t get it, she’s a good billionaire because she’s a girl and owns her music. Who cares that she takes a private jet flight for what could be an hour long drive - she could never fly economy due her popularity!
Comedians are probably the most disingenuous ones too, as idols. thier job is to Joke, and you know personally they are either what they joke about(they become the jokes themselves this default for right winger comedians they become thier own jokes, or doing the opposite of what they are joking.
Marc Maron is the person who people think the lot of these guys like Burr are. His comedy/commentary is earnest. He has conviction. People like Burr are performative commentary. They go back to the dressing room to wash off the clown makeup so they can go back to being their private self. They don’t give a shit about the things the say into the mic.
Burr is pretty genuine, and he’s come a long way in the past 5-10 years (largely due to his awesome wife). However, he’s still a “both sides” liberal when it comes down to it.
Maron is the real deal.
These people are all willing to play shows in the US, why wouldn’t you expect them to play in Saudi Arabia? Sounds like living in denial about our own country. Like the concept of blood diamonds; money from software made in the US has funded conflict all over the globe but no one called it blood software. We used to export soybeans and used the money to bomb foreigners and no one called em blood soybeans.
Moral failings are always some other countries problem, we’re the shining city on the hill remember? /s
Playing a show in Saudi Arabia would be different than playing this show funded by the Saudi government. The shows played in America, for the most part, aren’t funded by the government here. That’s the difference. People gave the celebrities who performed at Trump’s inauguration shit for it. That’s consistent my guy.
Also the fact they were supporting something opposite of what Saudia arabia represents. aka, free speech, lgbtq+ rights,etc. something SA is against and they went and accepted the money.
We’re about to have a ufc fight on the White House lawn
Soon saudia arabia will own UFC.
We’re not great currently, but we are leaps and bounds better than Saudi Arabia right now.
Are you saying all entertainment folks in the US should just stop working? That is neither feasible or possible for non A-listers.
Edit: apparently some one is ok with already struggling artist starving. Hope you have the same energy when it’s your turn to refuse work.
Edit 2: suck my cat’s barbed dick.
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these comedians arnt struggling lol, most of them are upper middle class or wealthy(millionaires.
Are you gums bleeding yet?
Then shut the fuck up!
Don’t invent the scenarios, none of the comedians in questions are “starving”.
That pedicab driver also lives in South Florida.
Where in the fuck do you recommend he moves too?
It must be nice to cast judgement on others…
You’re a bad person and you should feel bad.
Oh yeah. Definitely take a different view of Bill Burr.
But there’s a local one legged pedal cad driver who I personally know just trying to make ends meet.
Should he suffer as well?
I don’t understand how being rich can make someone such a whore ― David Cross
https://officialdavidcross.com/blogs/press/my-thoughts-on-the-riyadh-comedy-festival
David has bee speaking the truth since Mr. Show. What a legend.
It’s actually pretty easy to explain why rich people are whores.
The reason they’re rich is that they care so much about money. If they didn’t care about money, then at some point, they’d have enough money, and after that, they won’t be so interested in getting more money. Those people wouldn’t become rich.
Yes, there are exceptions. Some comedians just want to become famous, or want to go down in history as the best comedian. But most of them probably want to become rich and famous.
But what does “rich” mean? It’s not a specific amount of money. It’s that you’re comparing yourself to other people, and saying that you have more money than them. Donald Trump was so obsessed with this that he committed fraud to lie about his wealth. And basically all rich people have the same mindset to some degree.
If your goal is to be rich, then no amount of money is enough, and you’ll do anything if people pay you enough.
The buddha says that the more you have the more you want
Always loved this guy.
Yes! Very refreshing he had the smart takes after 911 flooded us with jingoistic hypocrisy and ever since.
