You said it was intelligent comedy. Funny or not, this is what I had a problem with. If that's our standard of intelligence god help us all.
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any commedy that has the abilty to have numerous ways of finding it funny is going to intelligent, primarily because it caters to loads of audiences, just because you dont fit into any of the audiences he was aiming for, does not make it less intelligence. The bishop of southwark has a doctorate from cambridge, i still dont regard him as intelligent, because he is a theist.
You're only saying that because in general comedy is not the place to look for intellectualism. There isn't very much smart comedy and most comics pander to their audience, out of necessity I imagine, which ends up looking a lot like Britnet Spears prepackaged and dumbed down just enough so you won't miss a single joke.
Sorry to interrupt your little discussion guys, but I've been meaning to ask this for a while now.
@ Ja5per: why are you always so overly critical of other peoples tastes? No offence but, at times, you come off as someone who only respects his own opinion, while people who don't adhere to it are stupid or ignorant.
Which seems all the more bizarre when you post things like this :
Once again, I don't mean to offend you or anything.
@ Ja5per: why are you always so overly critical of other peoples tastes? No offence but, at times, you come off as someone who only respects his own opinion, while people who don't adhere to it are stupid or ignorant.
Which seems all the more bizarre when you post things like this :
Once again, I don't mean to offend you or anything.
I seem to view a lot of media in a completely different light to a lot of you, iv studied it as an academic subject for the past 6 years, i have played guitar for 10 years. All of that seems to have made me extremely cynical when it comes to a lot of things. Which is great for me because it means i have a lot to discuss with a lot of different people. If you don't want to justify your views then don't reply to me, but i love discussing films and im sorry if i do it too agressivley, but thats how i write.
Aye, didn't know that.
Dara O'Briain - Okay, I like him but he's pretty run of the mill.
Bill Bailey - one of the all time greats. Went all the way to London last year to see him and he's even better live. I don't think he deserves to be called intellectual as such, but he's certainly in the very top of the intelligence scale among comedians. I love that instead of pandering he tries to open people's minds a little by talking different languages and talking about different geographical locations.
Bill Hicks - Really like him. Slight intellectual bent, but above all he plays on the "open your eyes to what's really going on", battling naiveté.
Dylan Moran - Haven't seen him that much, but I'd stick him with Dara O'Briain.
Of these I'd say Bill Bailey is by far the most intellectual, although his style is still a very approachable and easy to follow kind of intellectualism. Bill Hicks's jokes are also intelligent I would say.
Dara O'Briain - Okay, I like him but he's pretty run of the mill.
Bill Bailey - one of the all time greats. Went all the way to London last year to see him and he's even better live. I don't think he deserves to be called intellectual as such, but he's certainly in the very top of the intelligence scale among comedians. I love that instead of pandering he tries to open people's minds a little by talking different languages and talking about different geographical locations.
Bill Hicks - Really like him. Slight intellectual bent, but above all he plays on the "open your eyes to what's really going on", battling naiveté.
Dylan Moran - Haven't seen him that much, but I'd stick him with Dara O'Briain.
Of these I'd say Bill Bailey is by far the most intellectual, although his style is still a very approachable and easy to follow kind of intellectualism. Bill Hicks's jokes are also intelligent I would say.
Do you know how much i want to love the man? but he makes it too hard, and im just disolutioned. Im writing an essay on him today 2500 on the developments and continuities of american indipendent cinema in the 80s, 90s and 00s. Im doing Blue Velvet, Lost Highway and Mulholland Drive. Im going to base it on the way that lynch uses sexuality and that way that the films were produced and distributed against the contextual relevence. I might be able to like him after that. I really enjoyed Mulholland Drive, dont have a clue about it i also loved some of Lost Highway.
I like dara so much because he bases most of his stand up on his audience and do routenes based on what the audience say to him.
BB is a genius, iv seen him live once and loved it. Its a shame tinselworm was such a let down.
BH again a great performer its a shame he died young.
Dylan Moran is very observational on his view of the world...heres a couple of his bits.
BB is a genius, iv seen him live once and loved it. Its a shame tinselworm was such a let down.
BH again a great performer its a shame he died young.
Dylan Moran is very observational on his view of the world...heres a couple of his bits.
Yeah, I kinda understand what you mean.
He's the kind of director whose films I definitely want to see, but I'm never really looking forward to it. If that makes any sense at all.
I thought Mulholland Drive was great though. Can't remember that much of Lost Highway, but as far as I remember I somewhat liked it. Haven't seen Blue Velvet yet (I know, shame on me).
He's the kind of director whose films I definitely want to see, but I'm never really looking forward to it. If that makes any sense at all.
I thought Mulholland Drive was great though. Can't remember that much of Lost Highway, but as far as I remember I somewhat liked it. Haven't seen Blue Velvet yet (I know, shame on me).