"Daniel Joseph Min" <Use-Author-Supplied-Address-Header@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Sure enough. I enjoyed the first half-hour of the
> one hour HBO Comedy Special last night (Saturday).
> But as soon as Dennis Miller started in with the
> politics, what'd been about 65% or more genuinely
> funny material, instantly digressed into something
> significantly less than maybe 10% of what I would
> humbly consider to be truly funny. It just wasn't.
>
> And at age 52, Miller's typically-focused delivery
> seemed to be a touch less-acute than it used to be.
> Nowadays, 52 isn't so old; maybe drugs or alcohol?
> Not meaning to sound too critical, just observing...
>
> But you have to give Dennis Miller credit for not
> engaging in the Bill Maher-esque "bomb throwing"
> that far-left liberal comedians are notorious for.
> In that sense, Miller was commendably more urbane.
>
> Miller presents himself as a slightly right-of-the-
> dial moderate, overall; albeit he supports the sin
> of homosexual marriage (Miller not being religious)
> which is an abominably immoral anti-Christian view.
> Lucky for America, Miller's not on the Supreme Court. :-D
>
> And Dennis Miller echoed mainstream conservative
> views on the unassailably domineering role of the
> USA in the modern world; ardently supporting Bush
> and our US military troops serving in harm's way;
> not surprising, given Miller's blend of libertarian
> and conservative ideologies nowadays...a mixed bag.
>
> And Miller even praised (Hanoi) John Kerry for his
> military service in Vietnam--i.e. prior to Kerry's
> treasonous betrayal of his fellow troops who were
> still serving after Kerry left--many as tortured
> captives in the oppressive Vietcong P.O.W. camps.
>
> But Miller betrayed right-wing bias in terms of his
> disbelief in the harsh realities of global warming.
> Miller joked about it...funny at times, other times
> not. I was reminded of George Carlin's recent show
> on HBO, when he was joking about people who commit
> suicide...again, sometimes funny, other times not.
>
> And Miller has no problem with big oil or industry,
> which of course most of us Republicans agree with.
> But some of Miller's comments weren't conservative
> by any stretch of the imagination--far from it. But
> that's okay. Good comedy doesn't care about politics,
> i.e. just as long as the jokes are truly FUNNY. See?
>
> Generally, the first half of Miller's 'All In' was
> witty, enjoyable, and maybe better than two-thirds
> actually funny. But the second half, well, sucked.
> I don't care if you're right-wing, left-wing, what-
> ever. If you're a comedian, you're paid big bucks
> to make us laugh. If not, please, Exit stage-left...
>
> Will Miller's 'All In' performance resurrect another
> weekly HBO Miller Live show? I'd say that's doubtful.
>
> Cutting-edge comedians needn't mock deadly-serious
> subject matter. When they do, they disrespect part
> of their audience. And by so doing, they're losing
> mutual respect of that same part of their audience.
>
> The moral of the story being, if you're a comedian,
> and you want your audiences to laugh at your jokes
> and not be disenchanted by your political rhetoric,
> then confine your incendiary material to just a few
> minutes towards the end of your show--if you must.
> Like art for art's sake, comedy for comedy's sake.
>
>Right on the money. He started ranted about how bad politicians are, of
>course he does not mention that Republicans have been in charge and then
>goes on to name 4 Democrats and bombs with 10 min of forced unfunny jokes
>about them.
The old Liberal Dennis Miller who made fun of both sides was a hell of a
better comic. Oh well, that is price you pay for selling out.
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