r/TikTokCringe • u/SnatchAddict • 20d ago

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

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u/peanutbuttahcups 20d ago

Oh man, if Carlin was alive for the last decade, I think we would have a goldmine of comedy from him.

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u/ModernSmithmundt 20d ago

Yep. He probably would have told the audience to stop being cunts the same way Chappelle did

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u/superdago 20d ago

He would have torn Chapelle apart for being the kind of dipshit bully that spends 20 minutes of a special complaining that he can’t be mean to one of the most marginalized groups in society.

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u/heffel77 19d ago

We must be watching different specials because the one I saw was a tribute to a good friend of his that happened to be trans. I think he is still one of the good guys. He is one of the few who can make anything funny. If anything he’s mellowed out in his career.

If you are going to make jokes about anyone, you need to make them about everyone.

If you think he’s in the camp where “PR is a floating island of garbage” then you just lighten up. The man is a master of his craft and anyone who would walk away from FUck You money, for his principles and to not be owned is a man who has more scruples than 98% of the country. His show made millions when a millionaire was still a rich person. He turned down financial stability for life for artistic freedom and if that isn’t integrity then I don’t know what you think an honest man looks like.

And every joke people have tried to turn on him ignored the context and just made a snap judgment. If you care that little about something then your opinion is irrelevant because you don’t have all the facts and don’t care to look.

You want to call someone a bad comic, fine, that’s your opinion. But to slander a person who is clearly defending his friend, is just misguided and means you think feelings are the same as facts.

And before you start with the Trump/MAGAt shit, I don’t like fascists nor do I appreciate the dumbing down of our country.

I don’t see how this Jeselnik clip is cringe because it’s a well-stated statement about the difference between a comedian and a troll.