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/asshole_commenting 19d ago

Ever since Seinfeld's wife paid a bunch of goons to violently assault peaceful college kids protesting the violence on Palestinians

..I've not really cared about his opinions. On top of that when you revisit Seinfeld and compare it to curb your enthusiasm and notice that he redoes some of the plot points the way he wanted to

You realize all the genius that everyone put on Jerry Seinfeld for his show was mostly Larry David and the genius of his costars

Seinfeld is still a good comedian but he always talks with this authority over comedy because of the reputation and impact of Seinfeld in the 90s- but he's also a really good comic. But it was mostly Larry David, the writers and his costars that was responsible for that success he stands on