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Josh Homme, Judd's Selective Outrage, and Comedy Integrity

from Integrity Belongs In East Timor · #130

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9 min

A detailed breakdown of Judd Apatow's inconsistent moral outrage — defending Josh Homme's terrorist-attack excuse while attacking Louis CK for the same 'be sensitive' logic — and what real integrity (defending others' right to offend) looks like versus mob-driven takedowns.

In this bit13 moments
  • 1:01:50Dane Cook tried to bump Anthony Delia off the lineup, and Delia refused to fight back about it.
  • 1:02:30Non-comedians policing comedy don't understand how jokes develop or the creative process.
  • 1:02:48Louis C.K. needed time offstage to get comfortable again before doing his best material.
  • 1:03:32Blog critics missed the fundamental understanding of how comedy actually works.
  • 1:04:06There's a lack of integrity in judging an artist's work based on personal disapproval rather than artistic merit.
  • 1:05:14The Roseanne controversy erupted over a show that actually featured diverse characters, not the pro-Trump content critics claimed.
  • 1:06:16Sarah Silverman wasn't criticizing pro-Trump positions but rather people who refused to condemn a pro-Trump show entirely.
  • 1:07:03You don't have to be fake in Hollywood—you can simply avoid people you disagree with instead of pretending to like them.
  • 1:08:18Comics in New York wouldn't criticize Judd Apatow because they wanted to appear on his show Crashing for $600.
  • 1:09:07Doug Stanhope was the only major comic who made the point that you cannot steal another comedian's intellectual property.
  • 1:09:37When TJ Miller live-tweeted Dane Cook's jokes to mock them, comedians sided with Dane because Miller violated comedy's code.
  • 1:10:06Eliza Shlesinger publicly attacked Tim instead of calling him directly, then faced similar backlash years later.
  • 1:10:27Tim chose to tweet that Shlesinger was doing nothing wrong rather than gloat, showing actual integrity.
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Louis C.K.T.J. MillerIliza ShlesingerSarah SilvermanDoug StanhopeDane CookBobby DeliaJudd ApatowJamieAyn RandDomWoody AllenPatton OswaltBill CosbyKim CondonGeorge CarlinPaula Poundstone

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