He WAS funny as hell on SNL I'll give him that...I think he's great doing skit type comedy stuff...I liked him playing a guy like Andy Kaufman who I loved...but I really can't stand this cat...No doubt Jim's got talent, but he needs to be reigned in or he goes to a place that ain't quite comedy any more...
Essence_Smith wrote:
He WAS funny as hell on SNL I'll give him that...I think he's great doing skit type comedy stuff...I liked him playing a guy like Andy Kaufman who I loved...but I really can't stand this cat...No doubt Jim's got talent, but he needs to be reigned in or he goes to a place that ain't quite comedy any more...
no one, but no one went farther out of the place known as comedy that Kaufman did. Unless that was a joke I missed
Essence_Smith wrote:
He WAS funny as hell on SNL I'll give him that...I think he's great doing skit type comedy stuff...I liked him playing a guy like Andy Kaufman who I loved...but I really can't stand this cat...No doubt Jim's got talent, but he needs to be reigned in or he goes to a place that ain't quite comedy any more...
no one, but no one went farther out of the place known as comedy that Kaufman did. Unless that was a joke I missed
Yeah but when Andy did it, it was revolutionary...what he did for pro wrestling in that era alone was genius...Carrey is a hack by comparison...at 14:19, that's taking one for the team...
Essence_Smith wrote:
Yeah but when Andy did it, it was revolutionary...what he did for pro wrestling in that era alone was genius...Carrey is a hack by comparison...at 14:19, that's taking one for the team...
Man, I remember when Kaufman did a bunch of appearances on the SNL ripoff show "Fridays" during this period. Great stuff....
i'm looking forward to the golden globes tonight because i like amy pohler and tina fey. not really interested in the oscars because of nph hosting. not a fan of the guy but if he has good writers you never know i guess.
creep wrote:i'm looking forward to the golden globes tonight because i like amy pohler and tina fey. not really interested in the oscars because of nph hosting. not a fan of the guy but if he has good writers you never know i guess.
I was channel flipping a while ago and caught the bit with the big North Korean military chick. Not only a trainwreck bit but I'd think the ridiculously racially offensive makeup will result in thousands of complaints.
creep wrote:i'm looking forward to the golden globes tonight because i like amy pohler and tina fey. not really interested in the oscars because of nph hosting. not a fan of the guy but if he has good writers you never know i guess.
I was channel flipping a while ago and caught the bit with the big North Korean military chick. Not only a trainwreck bit but I'd think the ridiculously racially offensive makeup will result in thousands of complaints.
The bit was flat but I don't think they're worried about blow back - that was Margaret Cho - she's Korean American and has made fun of her family (particularly her mother with really harsh impressions of her accent) for years.
Plus, she's a woman and queer... so she's like untouchable.
I'm glad Transparent picked up a couple of awards. I watched the first season in one marathon viewing session- loved it! Jeffrey Tambor was really great in it.
MYXYLPLYX wrote:The bit was flat but I don't think they're worried about blow back - that was Margaret Cho - she's Korean American and has made fun of her family (particularly her mother with really harsh impressions of her accent) for years.
Plus, she's a woman and queer... so she's like untouchable.
MYXYLPLYX wrote:The bit was flat but I don't think they're worried about blow back - that was Margaret Cho - she's Korean American and has made fun of her family (particularly her mother with really harsh impressions of her accent) for years.
Plus, she's a woman and queer... so she's like untouchable.
LOL, I am officially old and out of touch.
Margaret Cho has been around for like 30 years... are you 80?
MYXYLPLYX wrote:The bit was flat but I don't think they're worried about blow back - that was Margaret Cho - she's Korean American and has made fun of her family (particularly her mother with really harsh impressions of her accent) for years.
Plus, she's a woman and queer... so she's like untouchable.
LOL, I am officially old and out of touch.
Margaret Cho has been around for like 30 years... are you 80?
Margaret Cho fires back at Golden Globes skit critics
Comedian Margaret Cho has fired back at critics who were not amused by her dig at North Koreans at the Golden Globes on Sunday night, insisting she’s free to poke fun at Koreans because she is “from this tribe.”
Cho portrayed unsmiling North Korean Army general and film writer Cho Yung Ja during a televised skit at the Globes, during which she posed for an uncomfortable cellphone snap with Meryl Streep.
The ceremony audience found the moment funny, but critics have suggested the portrayal was racially insensitive.
Addressing the fall-out on Monday, Cho released a statement to Buzzfeed.com, which read: “I’m of North and South Korean descent, and I do impressions of my family and my work all the time, and this is just another example of that. I am from this culture. I am from this tribe. And so I’m able to comment on it.
“I can do whatever I want when it comes to Koreans – North Koreans, South Korean. I’m not playing the race card, I’m playing the rice card. I’m the only person in the world, probably, that can make these jokes and not be placed in a labor camp.”
Cho added, “If it’s Asian Americans making fun of Asians, we’re claiming our own voice, we’re claiming our heritage. We’re claiming all of the aspects of our own culture, and we’re allowed to. Even though it may get us put in a labor camp. If that happens, you have to send Bill Clinton to come and get me.”
As if SOA never happened. SNUBBED city.
