Current Events > Bill Burr on SNL: *Goes in on White Women

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InhumaneRaider posted...

Watch the Don Pauly skit, pretty good material.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_Z2I10pbWI

Very nice.

I felt Bill's justified anger here. If I came back to my own mob to see that the ol' gang turned into a bunch of lame as fuck pussyfied members, I'd go back to prison. LMFAO!

Please let there be more Bill clips from the show.

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That was pretty good

Youtube agrees with a 28/1.5 ratio

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People actually think Bill Burr was being edgy rather than speaking truth on white feminism is pretty funny. This is the type of stuff Black people have been talking about for a long time.

I guess it makes sense that it got the SNL audience all upset because it's mostly white women who watches SNL.

The white women woke bit was funny but he's been doing this joke for almost two years now, a lot of this monologue was recycled lol the gay pride joke seemed like it got cut off, that was a little awkward.
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That shit was hilarious.

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Reminds me of that Chapelle special where a handful of ninnies called for his cancelation but everyone else agreed it was hilarious and then he won an Emmy for it lol
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KiwiTerraRizing posted...

I like Burr but his fans are the worst. It can never be that his joke isnt funny its gotta be youre too sensitive!! Like any comic some of his shit isnt funny

I dont think hes that funny at all lol he has some big swings on ocasin but most of it is just tame by shock value standards - more often than not I find myself just shaking my head saying yep, I agree.. yep, i agree

maybe its because in Boston were already used to saying go fahk yourself buddy on a casual level

No really though, there's a concentration of his fans that go into legit rage rants everytime they're reminded of the fact that he's happily married to a black woman.

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Jagr_68 posted...

No really though, there's a concentration of his fans that go into legit rage rants everytime they're reminded of the fact that he's happily married to a black woman.

ive never seen this tbh


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AmericaTheBrave posted...

White women are the most entitled people in the world.

White men*

CyricZ posted...

Bill Burr can make his wife-hating comedy all he wants and people are free to laugh at him. Maybe they identify with that which is their business.

Relax man, just say he sucks lol

darkprince45 posted...

ive never seen this tbh

Youtube comments, forums, etc. wherever spots his podcast is shared.

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The monologue was amazing but I could see it rustling all the jim-jims.

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Burr is funny his asshole fans are annoying. That is all.

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I thought it was funny (I just watched it from the link posted here)

when he said wheres the camera I lost it

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Honestly, I think this monologue is up there with Louis CK's when he hosted SNL twice.

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Omg I'm DYING

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0rTHRrFTLY&ab_channel=SaturdayNightLive

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Squall28 posted...

Omg I'm DYING

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0rTHRrFTLY&ab_channel=SaturdayNightLive

LMAO Bill didn't even need to rehearse lines for this sports sketch. That was straight up easy street for him

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AmericaTheBrave posted...

White people are the most entitled people in the world.

Ftfy

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The only thing I kind of dislike about Bill Burr's style is that a lot of the times he can come off as a " an old boomer yelling at the skies" rants that have no punchline, which often leads to people either agreeing or disagreeing. But his punchline with the gay and black month was good, even though I felt he kind of flubbed it there at the end. I'm also glad Bill Burr is not one of those "anti-maskers" that a lot of his fanbase are on youtube.

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That Samuel Adams segment had me dying!

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Prestoff posted...

The only thing I kind of dislike about Bill Burr's style is that a lot of the times he can come off as a " an old boomer yelling at the skies" rants that have no punchline, which often leads to people either agreeing or disagreeing. But his punchline with the gay and black month was good, even though I felt he kind of flubbed it there at the end. I'm also glad Bill Burr is not one of those "anti-maskers" that a lot of his fanbase are on youtube.

any time Bill says something they disagree with:

"Nia has him brainwashed/is holding him hostage"

"Stay out of politics"

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Oh no, a comedian told jokes

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So this bit is basically white men are pretty much 100% responsible for the killing, enslaving, raping, and oppression of people of color, and theyve been doing all of these things to white women as well (minus the enslaving) for centuries, but Im going to focus on white women being complicit in all of this

Ive listened to/watched Bill Burr for years but the sexist undertones are a bit much. Even when hes bringing up a valid point like how white feminism glosses over the struggles of non-white women, he delivers it in a way that just seems to enable the worst sexist attitudes (as evidenced by all the comments Ive read from his fans in response to his material). People will say oh its just comedy but when comedy punches down it gives language to the oppressor. Just from personal experience as a brown person, theres not a lot you can do when someone shuts you down with an okay Apu or something. Its an instant dismissal of your voice and reduces you to a joke in seconds. Thats a lot of what Im seeing in the reactions to this bit.

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TheBlueMonk_ posted...

I read this as Bill Barr, the AG, and was really confused lmao

Me Too.

Something tells me the A.G. likes male saunas doe.
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The sad thing is that Bill Burr literally acted miles around every cast member.

The people triggered were White Women. He spoke truth. They're only in the woke cause they dont like their cut.

Balnazarr posted...

The people triggered were White Women. He spoke truth. They're only in the woke cause they dont like their cut.

Yup. Can't rule or benefit more than white men, hop the fence to rule the non whites.

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ssk9716757 posted...

People will say oh its just comedy but when comedy punches down it gives language to the oppressor. Just from personal experience as a brown person, theres not a lot you can do when someone shuts you down with an okay Apu or something. Its an instant dismissal of your voice and reduces you to a joke in seconds. Thats a lot of what Im seeing in the reactions to this bit.

This isn't punching down though. Punching down is attacking a disenfranchised group of people that have actually suffered.

Bill's rant was attacking a specific group/type of privileged white women who have co-opted movements created by and meant for people of color. It's more like a bop on the head and then him crouching down for a jumping uppercut.

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The bit about gay people have never been enslaved so they had it better than black people just came off as extremely ignorant of gay struggles through history.

I love Bill Burr. His fans, not so much.

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Ivynn posted...

I love Bill Burr. His fans, not so much.

Why do you think Bill Burr has the fans he has?

The thing about Comedy is a lot of it is "I agree" or "I disagree".

A lot of Bill's fans like him because they agree with his jokes, even if Bill himself does not take it to the extremes they would. Bill Burr's humor effectively relies on you thinking he has a point, even if you don't completely agree. The irony of this is that everyone who makes fun of people who don't like Bill Burr's humor because they find it offensive like Bill Burr's' humor because they think it's' kind of true.

I personally think he's great and he's one of my bigger inspirations in comedy, but I understand why some people wouldn't like him. He has a very nuanced take on things that you sort of have to understand a lot about him to understand where he's coming from.

Also, as a side note. Bill Burr would be the first person to tell you that his humor isn't for everyone. That's quite literally the point. If it didn't offend some people, then he would be a milquetoast comedian or a positive comedian. He doesn't need people who don't love his humor to love his humor, he just needs enough people to love it for him to keep doing what he's doing.

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AdviceMan posted...

Also, as a side note. Bill Burr would be the first person to tell you that his humor isn't for everyone. That's quite literally the point. If it didn't offend some people, then he would be a milquetoast comedian or a positive comedian. He doesn't need people who don't love his humor to love his humor, he just needs enough people to love it for him to keep doing what he's doing.

I guess its cause I keep comparing everyone to Dangerfield, Rickles, Francisco, and McDonald.. never really been into the George Carlin style and CK just bores me. Burr is definitely a welcome addition its just that his highs are super high and his lows are super lows >_>

Havent seen those sketches

Raikuro posted...

The bit about gay people have never been enslaved so they had it better than black people just came off as extremely ignorant of gay struggles through history.

I think if you only look at that statement it looks bad. But he didnt say to switch out gay history month but to add black history month in July after for 60 days

Kastrada posted...

I've only seen the monologue, so I can't say anything about the show. But the crowd for SNL isn't going to react very well to Burr's humor. That's not his fault at all, it's their fault for not seeing what he was saying.

That's why I love when he's on Conan. The crowd gets it because they get him. Or they groan and he attacks them and then Conan/Andy cackle in delight and then the crowd comes around.

An SNL crowd won't do that.

This

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Raikuro posted...

The bit about gay people have never been enslaved so they had it better than black people just came off as extremely ignorant of gay struggles through history.

He wasn't necessarily saying that they had it "better" than black people. He's more pointing out the ridiculousness of an enslaved-for-hundreds-of-years minority group can't even get a primo pride month.

Him saying that the gays haven't suffered enough or suffered at all would be like saying they should switch months or that gay pride shouldn't be a thing. But he didn't. He just wanted to lift up Black History Month/Pride month to be equals since, ya know, both groups have been fucked over more times than I can count by the U.S.

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Bill Burr doesnt feel the crowd at all and does his jokes no matter what. Its funny even when its not funny. Hes not looking for crowd approval and sometimes its funnier that the crowd didnt like it yet he didnt care and continued.

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He said what needed to be said. Its not his fault that right wing shitbags see him as a messiah. And of course the SNL crowd didnt like it, hes literally talking shit about SNLs main demographic.

Its very likely he developed this bit from conservations with his wife - the wife that right wingers accuse of brainwashing him any time he calls out bigotry.

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CyricZ posted...

Yeah, when I do a bad job at work, I blame the client, too.

Well I think the audience at home is much more of the client then the few people in the room.

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Bill was great.

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FursonaNonGrata posted...

He said what needed to be said. Its not his fault that right wing shitbags see him as a messiah. And of course the SNL crowd didnt like it, hes literally talking shit about SNLs main demographic.

Its very likely he developed this bit from conservations with his wife - the wife that right wingers accuse of brainwashing him any time he calls out bigotry.

Yes it is.

Following the discourse on Twitter is pretty funny. The avis of the people who are pissed are exactly how you'd expect them to look lmao
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DarthVader95 posted...

Yes it is.

No it's not.

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DarthVader95 posted...

Yes it is.

What makes you say that? Im not trying to be a dick, Im genuinely curious. I dont follow Burr that much to be honest so I wanna learn more about how he became a mascot for right wingers.

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I'd have to double check, but it's slightly aggravating that the crowd was more at ease during that OVERLONG opening bit. I think the laughs and crowd pops were way bigger than any laugh from the monologue. Literally should have chopped that bit by two thirds. It was funny for a second, but wow.

I respect Bill for going hard though. It wasn't his hardest, but he had some nice swings.

Also this is to know one in particular, but if you bring the terms 'punching down' or 'punching up' into a comedy discussion, into a medium that's meant to provoke or challenge you, your opinion gets thrown out. So all of that noise on Twitter is just that.

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Good comedy doesnt punch down tbh. Theres ways to get your point across without making fun of poor people.

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I probably watch SNL once every couple years. The show is not as bad as some detractors say, but I will always find spontaneous comments / jokes on podcasts to be way funnier than anything coming out of SNL. The 20 year old college girls who like this show for the comedy can keep it. There are obviously talented people working on the show, but the dodo fans that they cater to are not arbiters of taste or comedy for me, I'm sorry. Not even close.

Bill was awesome on the sketches.

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