A text went out over the weekend from a work colleague of Mark's who shall remain nameless, but over 200 people agreed - no TV today.
Though many people have normalized this abnormal, criminal president - we will not.
(Having said that, you'd be surprised how many in public schools voted for him, despite his threat to do away with the Dept of Ed, which would mean they'd have no job anymore.)
It's not that we're sticking our heads in the sand, it's that we have realized there are thing we can control and things we can't, in our society, but we will always refuse to normalize lack of empathy and power abuse.
Thus, though Dave Chappelle has become very tone deaf gotten on my nerves, the past few years (not uncommon for aging, wealthy comedians who forget what struggle was like, which provided some of their best societal satire), he said something at the end of his SNL monologue - which was the longest in history - that was passionate and heartfelt, like I've never seen him do before.
He said "The presidency is no place for petty people, so Donald Trump, I know you watch the show, so remember, whether people voted for you are not, they're all counting on you. Whether they like you or not, they're all counting on you. The whole world is counting on you. And I mean this when I say this, Good Luck. Do better, next time. Please, all of us, do better, next time. Do not forget your humanity. and please have empathy for displaced people, whether they in the Palisades or Palestine."
Now - I could've done without his likening the storming of Normandy to a war on famous people like Diddy, or the trivializing Diddy's behavior into youthful mistakes gone on too long, rather than calling it what it is - sex trafficking, power abuse, assault and rape.
But the bit about him genuinely not knowing about Diddy's freak-offs and trying to figure out why he didn't know (was he too ugly to be invited or because he has chronic "snitch" face?) did made me chuckle.
So he can still can make me laugh, on occasion, just not like how he once did, as he's gotten older. As I said, I don't know what happens to famous comedians as they get older and richer - I think they just grow out of touch with the real world everyday American struggles and start to behave like old men and armchair warriors, who never leave the house, who's only excitement is scaring themselves daily over nothing burgers by watching Fox News.
I mean, his show used to make me laugh so hard I cried, in the early 2000s!
But now, he gets on an unpopular subject and just will not relent, actually digs in, which is losing him not only his following, but laughs, and yet he doesn't care now that he's got money.
Now, I get it that comedy isn't necessarily PC, but if you're going to go that route, your non-PC jokes better at least be funny and playing for the guilt-laugh or there's no point.
And if you're perpetuating stereotypes and fanning the flames of fear and hatred - then you might want to rethink it?
Because the point is to laugh.
But he said he was tired of being controversial, so when Lorne Michaels asked him to do the show since before the election, he refused - but the moment he said yes to doing it right before the inauguration, LA burst into flames 😂
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