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Bass
04/29/24 11:37:34 PM
#251:


Shut up, Jerry.

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CARRRNE_ASADA
04/30/24 8:51:03 AM
#252:


2020 was a very transformational year for the world in many good and bad ways. In some ways we over corrected a bit on the political correctness. Now you have companies like Hasbro changing the name of their products to be more sensible towards everybody (and thats fine), but changing "Fat pack" to "bundle pack" is silly, though I get the silly irony in complaining about it. Point is that there's a lot of virtue signaling going around just for the sake of optics and marketing rather than their own beliefs.

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CSCA33
04/30/24 9:22:21 AM
#253:


Im not allowed to be funny anymore because the extreme liberal woke agenda hiding under my bed told me, No more funny business!

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LightningThief
04/30/24 9:26:39 AM
#254:


Vyrulisse posted...
I see CE is gonna pretend he's wrong and it doesn't happen.
He is wrong.

Cable TV is not the same as it used to be because streaming is over saturated with loads of options. Even cable TV is saturated with options. Options dilute viewers across multiple channels or platforms.

Seinfeld yearns for the days when options were incredibly limited. Limited options tends to funnel people into those limited options.

Frankly, he's crying he isn't as popular anymore.
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Hayame_Zero
04/30/24 9:27:13 AM
#255:


SNL literally had a Weekend Update skit last December where a black guy wrote racist jokes for his white co-host to tell while he was sitting next to a civil rights activist.

There are some things you obviously can't and shouldn't joke about anymore, but if you think comedy or "edgy" jokes are dead, you're probably not keeping up with them anymore.

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justaguy3492
04/30/24 9:28:01 AM
#256:


It's funny that he's out promoting Netflix while complaining that traditional sitcoms are dying. Surely it's the wokes that are killing sitcoms and not the evolving ways that people are consuming entertainment.

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pazzy
04/30/24 9:32:04 AM
#257:


I've never gotten his argument. I'm reading the article, and there is nothing there that screams "extreme left." Just a guy that can't keep up with modern comedy.
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CSCA33
04/30/24 9:35:33 AM
#258:


The woke boogieman is real, we found some fur and are going to run DNA tests at the university of California

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pazzy
04/30/24 9:43:01 AM
#259:


CSCA33 posted...
The woke boogieman is real, we found some fur and are going to run DNA tests at the university of California
Honestly these people seem like the type that would freak out if you said "I woke up earlier today." Because you say the word "woke."
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LonelyStoner
04/30/24 9:44:49 AM
#260:


For the people wanting more examples of properly done gay jokes, yet again, it comes from Louis CK. I wont link to it here because some of the language might get me modded, but key words to find the bit should be Todays Straight Men.

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bigblu89
04/30/24 9:48:03 AM
#261:


LonelyStoner posted...
For the people wanting more examples of properly done gay jokes, yet again, it comes from Louis CK. I wont link to it here because some of the language might get me modded, but key words to find the bit should be Todays Straight Men.

Same with Bill Burr's bit on how lesbians and married men are similar that he did during his special at Red Rocks.

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LonelyStoner
04/30/24 9:55:16 AM
#262:


bigblu89 posted...
Same with Bill Burr's bit on how lesbians and married men are similar that he did during his special at Red Rocks.
It might be a front. Im not saying all gay guys are just blissfully happy, but its looking like a pretty good time to me.


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masterpug53
04/30/24 10:00:36 AM
#263:


CSCA33 posted...
The woke boogieman is real, we found some fur and are going to run DNA tests at the university of California

California? The Woke Captial of the World?! Surely you can see they'll just suppress the evidence...unless YOU'RE one of them, too!! *lunges*

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Babidi123
04/30/24 10:25:27 AM
#264:


DarthAragorn posted...
Yeah which is why south park and always sunny have been on for 30 seasons

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/8/83db7a24.jpg

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Shadow_Don
04/30/24 10:33:04 AM
#265:


Babidi123 posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/8/83db7a24.jpg

Meanwhile curb exists and is beloved by all

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Enclave
04/30/24 10:53:58 AM
#266:


Babidi123 posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/8/83db7a24.jpg

That episode was absolutely nothing compared to what you regularly see on Always Sunny, would be no problem making that episode today.

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rynobot
04/30/24 11:36:31 AM
#267:


Sunny is on FX. Doesn't that major networks have higher "standards"?

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LonelyStoner
04/30/24 11:42:11 AM
#269:


Babidi123 posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/8/83db7a24.jpg
Louis CK literally just did a similar joke about homeless people in his recent special lmao. Jerry is just sore hes a terrible comedian.

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ai123
04/30/24 11:48:50 AM
#270:


Claiming that you make 'cancel worthy' comedy is your first step towards getting your hands on all that easily accessed right wing cash.

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HylianFox
04/30/24 12:19:00 PM
#271:


ai123 posted...
Claiming that you make 'cancel worthy' comedy is your first step towards getting your hands on all that easily accessed right wing cash.

Maybe Jerry can get a job at Newsmax

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Hayame_Zero
04/30/24 12:19:30 PM
#272:


ai123 posted...
Claiming that you make 'cancel worthy' comedy is your first step towards getting your hands on all that easily accessed right wing cash.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/d/dcd85238.jpg

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RetuenOfDevsman
04/30/24 12:21:37 PM
#273:


I dunno what part of the political spectrum they're in but comedy in movies is being killed by people who whine about comedy being in movies.

"Hurr real people wouldn't be making jokes in that situa--"

Well it's a good damn thing this is a MOVIE then.

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RetuenOfDevsman
04/30/24 12:27:57 PM
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[LFAQs-redacted-quote]

Literally Star Wars though. Don't you remember the backlash over "they fly now?"

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Hayame_Zero
04/30/24 12:30:30 PM
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RetuenOfDevsman posted...
Literally Star Wars though. Don't you remember the backlash over "they fly now?"
Well, yeah, because it was a dumb joke that deserved to get dunked on.

Quippy or meta dialogue in serious moments isn't the argument here.

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DrizztLink
04/30/24 12:31:22 PM
#278:


[LFAQs-redacted-quote]

He's talking about people who don't like the Marvel "everyone's a smartass, quip every fifteen seconds" writing, I think.

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RetuenOfDevsman
04/30/24 12:31:48 PM
#279:


[LFAQs-redacted-quote]

Exhibit A

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Tyranthraxus
04/30/24 12:32:04 PM
#280:


Star Wars has never been a completely serious franchise I dunno why people think dumb jokes are out of place in Star Wars.

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HylianFox
04/30/24 12:32:09 PM
#281:


The thing that gets me about the backlash to "they fly now" is Star Wars has always had jokey dialog in it.

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Heineken14
04/30/24 12:32:40 PM
#282:


Hayame_Zero posted...
Well, yeah, because it was a dumb joke that deserved to get dunked on.

Quippy or meta dialogue in serious moments isn't the argument here.

Have you never seen a Star Wars movie before?

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LonelyStoner
04/30/24 12:34:14 PM
#284:


DrizztLink posted...
He's talking about people who don't like the Marvel "everyone's a smartass, quip every fifteen seconds" writing, I think.
Im one of those types. Humor has its place, but Marvel is a top offender with undercutting their most serious moments in many movies with some cheap joke that genuinely isnt witty. Theyre so afraid of losing the audience if they just let a serious or developmental moment be just that.

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Southernfatman
04/30/24 12:44:27 PM
#286:


There's nothing wrong with having quips in movies. There still needs to be a time and place for it and they still have to be not lame. "They fly now" was lame. So was the yo mama joke in TLJ. Everyone crapped on "This is such a drag" in AOTC and deservedly so with no push back. It and other lame or corny lines don't excuse other ones.

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DarthAragorn
04/30/24 12:48:38 PM
#288:


Comedic lines in Star Wars is fine and expected even, some scenes shouldn't have them but they mostly did okay avoiding that. But sometimes the lines they did use just didn't work as comedy and that was one of them

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DrizztLink
04/30/24 12:50:21 PM
#289:


DarthAragorn posted...
Comedic lines in Star Wars is fine and expected even, some scenes shouldn't have them but they mostly did okay avoiding that. But sometimes the lines they did use just didn't work as comedy and that was one of them
I don't have a massive problem with "they fly now," it's not great but it's at worst inoffensively annoying.

The yo mama joke absolutely felt like placeholder text from an old script that they forgot to dump.

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thronedfire2
04/30/24 1:06:24 PM
#290:


Can someone please explain this whole they fly now thing?

I guess I missed that movie

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DrizztLink
04/30/24 1:08:06 PM
#291:


thronedfire2 posted...
Can someone please explain this whole they fly now thing?

I guess I missed that movie
https://youtu.be/EWDPjVT51Q0

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MC_BatCommander
04/30/24 1:19:27 PM
#293:


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I kinda get it, the joke makes no sense in universe because jetpacks aren't new technology and have been seen in previous movies

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masterpug53
04/30/24 1:19:42 PM
#294:


Give a weird CEman a 50+ post topic on any subject and somehow he'll find a way to turn it into bitching about the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy.

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Westernwolf4
04/30/24 1:24:01 PM
#295:


If I have to hear another old comedian complain about this, my eyes are going to roll out of my head.

What society considers funny/acceptable changes all the time, and always has throughout history. Deal with it and adjust, or find something else to do.

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thronedfire2
04/30/24 1:32:52 PM
#297:


MC_BatCommander posted...
I kinda get it, the joke makes no sense in universe because jetpacks aren't new technology and have been seen in previous movies

yeah but werent those the first stormtroopers with them?

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lolife67
04/30/24 1:40:03 PM
#298:


MC_BatCommander posted...
I kinda get it, the joke makes no sense in universe because jetpacks aren't new technology and have been seen in previous movies
He wasn't shocked jetpacks exist. He was surprised the troopers were using them, when they previously didn't.
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hockeybabe89
04/30/24 1:43:16 PM
#299:


"You can't say anything any more", says rich comedians that can't shut up

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MICHALECOLE
04/30/24 2:06:33 PM
#300:


I cant believe Jerry had all this to say about Star Wars
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