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Ridiculing Trump is pretty low hanging fruit in comedy.
But getting people to broadcast it into the mainstream media is not.
That also doesn't mean it should ever stop happening.
Idk, maybe if we joked less about it politicians would get more serious about removing him from power. I used to love Colbert and Stewart but after 20 years of hearing the same jokes and shit just gets worse i cant watch it anymore. Trump rapes children, there's nothing funny about that. He blows up innocent people around the world to create distractions from his investigations. And he has widespread support from people who do not give a fuck about ruining the country as long as they make a profit this quarter. There's nothing funny about that. And it clearly doesn't hurt trump at all, he's still president still raping children and stealing billions in taxpayer money in the open.
I think you're right. Satire is for when there's a subsurface level of corruption that needs to be brought to light in an entertaining way.
These times are not for satire. These times are for protests.
That's a fair criticism, so I'll only say that before there was a Colbert or Stewart, there were stupid fucking loons who went all dictator on their people and a population that supported their idiocy and cheered them on.
Mussolini was famously a fucking idiot who could barely tie his shoes if they weren't done for him. Same with Hitler.
So not having satire ripping them a new one every week didn't stop them from happening, or what came after. It won't here either, but at least it can entertain some people and reach some people with humor that seriousness couldn't.
If people want serious, mainstream news, well, that's still there, maybe just not in the US though.
Yeah im not saying Colbert should stop what he's doing, i think for young people it's very educational. He's doing a great thing.
But as grown ass adults we need to stop looking to comedians for leadership. We shouldn't sit at home and bitching at the TV while watching Colbert or Kimmel or Stewart. We need to be taking action, showing up to town halls, or more generally engaging in civics.
Absolutely agreed with that. The satire shows should be a treat, not the main course of political discourse/learning.
Exhibit A on gallows humor that works in this situation: https://youtu.be/m1r9VtdIMDM
I agree I don't care much for the jokes from Colbert and Stewart, but I wouldn't say comedy is the problem. These c9medians seem to think making jokes about hypocrisy is pushing the envelope when its not even the minimum.
Nah, he breaks comedy. He is easy to make jokes that are "Can you believe this guy?" He makes it impossible to pitch hypothetical scenarios because he is bat shit insane.
Seriously. The white house twitter account is posting MLG era meme edits of bombs dropping on Iran. That's not a comedy sketch. That's just real. The president said "Praise be to Allah" and posted an image of himself as Jesus which he said was a doctor in a fucking week.
He breaks comedy because nothing is more preposterous than his real actions.