Norm Macdonald Returns to Television!

way off the mark imo.

Norms “comedians are not philosophers” take needs more airtime. Big fan of his controversial opinion that comedians should tell jokes

Although I think norm did break his own rules in his post-humous Netflix special. That one did not rub me the right way.

Norm seems less alt-right-free-speech adjacent in his comedy, and more dirtbag-left-let’s-make-fun-of-the-ludicrousness-blinders-the-liberal-media-have-on-without-being-a-redneck-per-se. That, mixed with enjoying shocking people is the totality of his edge (which yeah, I guess “shocking people” is a bit of an alt-right signifier these days).

His appearance on “the view” sums this all up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3PP_SWHUQQ

Norm seems less alt-right-free-speech adjacent in his comedy, and more dirtbag-left-let’s-make-fun-of-the-ludicrousness-blinders-the-liberal-media-have-on-without-being-a-redneck-per-se.

I love Norm and I know that "dirtbag left" is probably shorthand here, but it's worth saying that Norm MacDonald was not in any way shape or form of "the left"

hes not much of a political thinker at all so I kinda wonder if he became that way because of the particular era of SNL he was on

I guess it feels like everyone is misunderstanding Whiney here, he's talking about how the work of a comedian is interpreted and how/where it "lives on." Sure, one could just ignore it, that's totally a valid choice.

But I'd guess most people would agree that, on some level, it can be interesting to talk about how someone's body of work is received.

well not amongst the biggest dipshits in the YouTube comment section

I guess it feels like everyone is misunderstanding Whiney here

read that again and possibly consider whether "everyone" misunderstanding something is not actually a signifier of whether the point is well made or possibly just wrong altogether

My point is pretty unassailable if you’ve spent five minutes on the aforementioned subreddits and YouTube comment sections

So that’s why it didn’t make sense

Anyway, thank you intheblanks

not saying you're wrong whiney im saying its a weird angle to insist on, its a small angle but insofar as it goes sure revisionism from youtube comments is a wild beast and whence it takes us none living can say

im not sure anybody misunderstood the point but it isnt afaict the discussion ppl were having?