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Michelle Wolf Crushes the White House Correspondents Dinner
from Philosophy King · #94
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4 minTim praises Michelle Wolf's performance at the White House Correspondents Dinner, arguing that people who criticize her don't understand comedy, contrasting her bravery with his own people-pleasing tendencies, and mocking the outrage over her jokes about Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
- 0:47Michelle Wolf did a phenomenal job at the White House Correspondents Dinner, working a room full of the worst people on the planet.
- 1:08Tim argues comedians who kill all the time everywhere are generic replaceable hacks.
- 1:44Michelle went in and talked shit to the most privileged and powerful people to their face, deserving respect for it.
- 2:05She didn't give a shit because she's not a fraud and people pleaser like most comedians.
- 2:18Tim admits he would have backtracked and apologized instead, calling himself a bitch who needs to stop wanting to please everyone.
- 2:43Some of Michelle's jokes murdered and some didn't, and that's how comedy works—people getting mad over jokes about Sarah Huckabee Sanders is the real issue.
- 3:01Being a woman, wife, and mother doesn't insulate you from criticism when you sit on the dais at a roast.
- 3:34The world stops on a dime to discuss a cocktail party joke while Syria was in the news last week and nobody cared.
- 3:58Discussing this requires very little research—anyone can spout off about it without knowing anything about Michelle Wolf.
Michelle WolfSarah Huckabee SandersJake TapperWhite House correspondents dinnerHillary Clinton