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She's not funny.
But they're a perfect match for each other, cuz he's almost as annoying as she is.
She doesn't even deserve to be mentioned in the same sentence as Silverman. Sarah's an artiste, Griffin's just a comedy ho (but I'll admit she does the thing she does well).
She's hilarious if you like pop culture comedy. Even when she's being mean she is aware that she's being mean and is usually funny at the same time. Whereas sometimes Silverman is mean and apparently has no idea she's being mean.
I disagree. She knows exactly what she's doing. Probably more than most famous comedians, actually.
I believe you are correct sir. Not only does she know, she doesn't care, and in fact seems to enjoy it. Whether she is funny doing it, depends on the day.
Sarah Silverman, for as good as I think her angle is, does a shitty job of talking about it, if her Fresh Air is any indication, making her seem as though she doesn't fully "know" what she's doing after all. She seems high.
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It's the Sarah Silverman Program if I remember correctly. And SS is a bit overplayed, her movie was so catastrophically unfunny. Her whole "I'm like a frat boy with a vagina" thing is tired.
I like Kathy Griffin, her celeb stuff is way too funny. Her character work used to be this weird "annoying girl" routine which I hated. Her show is stage-y and boring, I'd rather just watch her HBO stand up special or whatever.
I used to really love Sarah Silverman, but I'm totally sick of her now. I've had enough of the poop jokes. If you're going to be gross and sophomoric, then you have to really, really take it over the top. Simply saying "I have diarrhea" at every given opportunity isn't comedy. It's elementary school.
Kathy Griffin has her moments, I guess, but she's a bit too "nervous" for me. She seems so high strung. I did like her Emmy comments, though, honestly. It's about time winners stop acting like the Almighty gives a rat's ass about them getting a trophy.
I will admit that I have, on occasion, laughed out loud to Andy Dick. Why, I do not know.
Simply saying "I have diarrhea" at every given opportunity isn't comedy. It's elementary school.
This is exaggerating. A lot. Or, can you give me an example? I've always found plenty of context/justification in her silly/gross jokes.
I don't see her as a "frat boy w/ vag" at all.
I wish I could give you a more concrete example, hellbient, but I can't. She just seems to work it into every routine or interview I've seen of hers lately. I probably just overdosed on her. I used to find her so squirmingly shocking that I couldn't help but laugh. But you get immune to that after awhile. It's the same reason I no longer find South Park funny.
"it" is her comedic angle. The edge-treading refutation of expectations, especially having to do with standards of feminine propriety. I could go on and on about my view of her place in raunch/counterraunch culture, but I'm working. At my job. Her job is knowing about this. On Fresh Air, when asked what her comedy was about, she basically said "I dunno, it's just, like, funny." Boo.
Well, I didn't see the VMAs, so I imagine a lot of people here may be reacting to that. When I speak of her, I'm generally speaking of her latest thing, which is the show, which I think is brilliant at times. Really. I'll agree that she can occasionally be groan-worthy, but I generally excuse it as the next thing she says is often laugh-inducing.
Honestly Ambrosia Voyeur, it's pretty boring to hear artists explain their motives, meanings etc. I always like it better when an artist leaves the work as is. I bet Richard Pryor would've said nearly the same thing if asked that question. It'd be almost like jinxing it to answer that. I say leave it for the analysts and writers to figure out the whys and whats.
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