good comedians do generally have to have some empathy and atleast a tangible connection to the working class, to remain relevant and keep their material relatable
exhibit A, for what happens if you don’t…Dave Chappelle, who went and ran off to some bougie town in ohio to build a palace around himself. his jokes started punching down instead of up, cause that’s how isolated rich people think fundamentally. like a 2hr standup where he told only told like 5 jokes leading up to a barely connected and not all that funny trans joke…compare that his earlier Clayton Bigsby/I’m Rick James Bitch! stuff…
there are some that can make this stuff work, like that Tosh.0 guy. no clue what he’s doing now but his whole shtick was acting as an obnoxious rich person talking down to an audience of what is also most likely rich californian assholes…which also plays great for the working class/rest of america crowd.
as for the quote, who the fuck knows…i have always liked Ben Stillers stuff though
good comedians do generally have to have some empathy and atleast a tangible connection to the working class, to remain relevant and keep their material relatable
exhibit A, for what happens if you don’t…Dave Chappelle, who went and ran off to some bougie town in ohio to build a palace around himself. his jokes started punching down instead of up, cause that’s how isolated rich people think fundamentally. like a 2hr standup where he told only told like 5 jokes leading up to a barely connected and not all that funny trans joke…compare that his earlier Clayton Bigsby/I’m Rick James Bitch! stuff…
there are some that can make this stuff work, like that Tosh.0 guy. no clue what he’s doing now but his whole shtick was acting as an obnoxious rich person talking down to an audience of what is also most likely rich californian assholes…which also plays great for the working class/rest of america crowd.
as for the quote, who the fuck knows…i have always liked Ben Stillers stuff though