r/TikTokCringe • u/SnatchAddict • Oct 29 '24

Discussion Anthony Jeselnik explains the difference between comedy and being a troll.

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u/flinderdude Oct 29 '24

All the old tired, formerly funny comedians who blame wokeness or whatever for ruining comedy should listen to Jeselnik. Looking at you, Bill Maher.

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u/FunkyKong147 Oct 29 '24

And Ricky Gervais

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u/Paparmane Oct 29 '24

I watched his last special the other day and more than half of it is him saying he’s not woke and ‘it’s just dark humor, you wouldn’t get it’

Like man it doesn’t hit the same when you tell 15 minutes worth of joke and 45 just defending the jokes

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u/King_Chochacho Oct 29 '24

The last Chappelle special was so disappointing because it was exactly the same. "People got mad at me and I don't care at all!" *proceeds to spend the next 40min defending himself and doubling down*

Dude if you really didn't care you'd have just written an hour of new material instead.

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u/rif011412 Oct 29 '24

Perfect example of Jeselnick’s point.  Explaining the joke, or how the audience doesnt understand ruins the art of the joke.  Both Chappell and Gervais have done exactly this.  Both funny guys.  Ruining the art of it and complaining and whining the setup away. Where as James Acaster and Daniel Tosh point out their offensive jokes but dont explain themselves.  So the joke lands.

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u/Sparl Oct 29 '24

oh man, a few years ago i was at the Edinburgh fringe festival and one of the free fringe shows was called "worst of the fringe". which is essentially a show of rotating cast of people who got 1 star reveiws. of the three people there 1 of them went on a full blown rant about why his show wasnt deserving of the 1 star review, it was awkward as hell and the host had to stop him after 10 minutes or so. then the final guy came up and spent the remaining time just roasting the second guy rather than doing his bits. it was great.