rant · moment 10 of 22
Diversity in Comedy and the Real Goal: Getting Rich and Famous
from Prove It, You Dumb Fuck! · #91
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2 minTim wraps up the representation debate by noting there are still few Indian characters on TV decades later, argues Hollywood liberals could fund more diverse projects themselves, then jokes the real endgame for everyone involved is just personal fame and fortune.
- 39:09Tim asks where all the Indian characters are now, 20 years after a show introduced diversity.
- 39:28People target characters they feel they can hit with accuracy rather than create positive representation going forward.
- 40:01Tim complains about movie previews being filled with white people for no reason, like in an international espionage film.
- 40:29The real end goal of all this diversity talk, Tim says, is for him personally to get rich and famous.
- 40:45His mother's only memory of him is when he laughed so hard while eating ham that he turned blue watching Gabriel Iglesias.
- 41:16Tim doesn't believe there's anything different between comedians and moves on to discuss the Michael Cohen situation.