Bill Burr is a very interesting figure.
First of all, it has to be said he is pretty damn popular. His shows are always booked, yet he'll do something like slowly sneak into a great dissection of American marriage - divorce rape and alimony, the whole nine yards - and it's hilarious. It's so sly. He'll begin acting all depressed, like "Man, I'm so useless. 36 years-old, I'm unmarried, no kids. Why the fuck am I here." Then lead into, "But has anyone seen the stats???" Bam. Just like that.
He'll just unload shells of red pill into the audience's faces on a big late night talk show, and he gets away with it. He has angry Youtube commenters from the typical feminist white knight fag crowd, but I haven't ever seen a hack piece done on him by Slate or The Atlantic or Huffington.
There's this Carlinesque dynamic going on with him and the audience. One of comedy's societal roles was to be a place of free speech and honest criticism of the political orthodoxy, as well as speaking of the plain truth. It's uplifting to see that comedy still has that role. Not so say other comics have gone on the chopping block, but I think Bill's avoided the crackdown because he's that charming and likable. The Boston accent, the easygoing demeanor.
Great comedian.
First of all, it has to be said he is pretty damn popular. His shows are always booked, yet he'll do something like slowly sneak into a great dissection of American marriage - divorce rape and alimony, the whole nine yards - and it's hilarious. It's so sly. He'll begin acting all depressed, like "Man, I'm so useless. 36 years-old, I'm unmarried, no kids. Why the fuck am I here." Then lead into, "But has anyone seen the stats???" Bam. Just like that.
He'll just unload shells of red pill into the audience's faces on a big late night talk show, and he gets away with it. He has angry Youtube commenters from the typical feminist white knight fag crowd, but I haven't ever seen a hack piece done on him by Slate or The Atlantic or Huffington.
There's this Carlinesque dynamic going on with him and the audience. One of comedy's societal roles was to be a place of free speech and honest criticism of the political orthodoxy, as well as speaking of the plain truth. It's uplifting to see that comedy still has that role. Not so say other comics have gone on the chopping block, but I think Bill's avoided the crackdown because he's that charming and likable. The Boston accent, the easygoing demeanor.
Great comedian.