rant · moment 9 of 22
Seth Rogen, Sarah Silverman, and the Death of Comedy
from #281 - Hewlett Harbor Holiday | The Tim Dillon Show · #281
2 min
Continuing the McKay discussion, Tim rips into Seth Rogen's Santa Inc. and Sarah Silverman's constant apologizing, arguing comedy has become entirely about politics rather than being funny.
- Santa Inc., the HBO Max series with Sarah Silverman, about a woman trying to become Santa Claus.
- Everyone Tim grew up liking has become cringe and disgusting.
- It's also not about getting conservative psychopaths together to make right-wing movies.
- Comedy isn't about being funny anymore — it's about pissing people off and making other people happy, which should be the essence of comedy.
- When everything is strictly about politics all the time with no other element, everything will suck.
- Comedy should live in the gray area, not in explicitly defined political territory — there are deeper things about human experience to convey besides who somebody voted for.
- Tim leaves open the possibility he might actually like the movie and would tell everyone to go fuck off if he did.