Interview · moment 22 of 25
Comedy's Decline, Studio Fear, and Cancel Culture Empathy
from Bill Burr | The Tim Dillon Show #321 · #321
3 min
Guest
They discuss why studios stopped making comedies out of fear and lawyer caution, and pivot into a broader discussion about empathy for people who fear losing their jobs, and how outrage mobs dig up old tweets to destroy people.
- Most people aren't invested in hating you—they're too busy with their own lives to stew in it.
- Tim grew up in semi-sheltered Boston suburbs and had a phase of thinking racist jokes sounded tough.
- People need to let others grow out of things instead of mining old Twitter accounts to define and ruin them.
- The left's campaign to destroy people over ancient social media posts represented a genuine low point and abuse of power.
- If someone was an asshole eight years ago but has been fine for seven years, that's actually impressive.