Warning: Do not listen if prone to ear bleeding.
I watched this video about why Conservative comedians aren’t funny. It’s over an hour and, ironically, I don’t find the presenter very funny himself, but its certainly a deep dive into the topic.
The main points are:
This is a uniquely American thing. Other countries have successful comedians with conservatives values.
This is a recent trend. Blue Collar comedy was big in the US for a long time. It isn’t anymore. Not because people doing Blue Collar comedy don’t exist but because American Conservatives don’t enjoy it anymore.
This is because American Conservatives have adopted a “you’re with us or you’re against us” stance. Any comment or joke that doesn’t 100% agree with the current party talking point is seen as an attack (often now called “woke”).
I think these points can be abstracted to all artistic expression. When an artist becomes “woke” for straying from party lines they are stuck being a party mouth piece repeating the same thing ad nauseam.
Jim Jeffries did a bit on gun control years ago. It was hilarious. He finishes the joke by mentioning how most people will get that it’s a joke, while 10% of viewers are “fucking seething”. It’s truly great and I recommend finding and watching it.
Some years ago, I had mentioned that bit to a conservative acquaintance of mine, and it turns out, he is a 10%er. I haven’t talked to him probably since Trump won, and while I reminisce over the good times we had, he’s completely off his rocker and I’m fine if we don’t cross paths again.
Fuck it, here a link to part 1 of the joke. https://youtu.be/0rR9IaXH1M0?si=d1W2d0MW6apgTzxe
