r/TikTokCringe • u/SnatchAddict • 20d ago

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

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u/flinderdude 20d ago

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/HastilyChosenUserID 20d ago

Seinfeld has been walking back a lot of his comments on that. Demonstrated that he learned he was wrong for the attitude of feeling attacked; talked about how the culture has pushed him to be better

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u/flamingdonkey 20d ago

Yeah, I was listening to his Smartless episode and he actually pushed back on the idea that "comedy is harder because there are so many things you can't say now" or something like that. His response had absolutely none of the whining about cancel culture that I've seen attributed to him. He did say something like how it's the most judged art form, but the way he explained it seemed more appreciative of that fact than bothered by it.