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(115,976 posts)abbeyco
(1,555 posts)I'm not shocked or offended by it but the audience at the WHCD, there were vapors.
woolldog
(8,791 posts)That was neither the time or the place. He's a fool.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)woolldog
(8,791 posts)He wasn't hanging out with Obama on the basketball court or sitting on the steps drinking beers. This was a worldwide broadcast event and Wilmore was a disgrace.
Demonaut
(8,937 posts)delete_bush
(1,712 posts)My thoughts exactly.
He was boring as hell. 80% of his shtick was black vs. white B.S. which is a complete turn-off to most who watched.
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)When the camera landed on Michelle, you could see that she was disgusted. It looked like she couldn't believe how low he was aiming. Shaking her head and frowning.
Wilmore fell over that delicate line between "edgy" and "over the edge" several times.
Compare his slege-hammer bludgeoning style to Colbert's rapier-like, surgical finesse back in 2006. The contrast is stark.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)That was hard to watch and not very funny.
That "zodiac killer" bit went on WAY too long.
TDale313
(7,820 posts)And wanna bet #TedCruzistheZodiacKiller is gonna be trending?
I thought he was great, but betting a lot of people are gonna be upset by some of what he said.
malaise
(269,278 posts)I thought he had some great lines but he did lose some of the room after the Blitzer and Holt jokes.
Lemon flipping the bird will have consequences.
Armstead
(47,803 posts)malaise
(269,278 posts)Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)malaise
(269,278 posts)not after Celebrity Jeopardy. I detest Blitzer - only last week he was faking knowledge about Prince.
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)is the Obama's housemaid and lackey was one of those times.
Not only were some of his lines NOT funny, but they were cringe-making in the extreme.
Michelle was disgusted at various points during his routine. It looked like she couldn't believe how low he was aiming. Shaking her head and frowning.
There's a delicate line between "edgy" and "over the edge". Wilmore fell over it several times.
ETA: Wilmore's schtick couldn't hold a candle to Colbert's epic smack down back in 2006--done with fine surgical skill and precision. This routine was like a slege-hammer bludgeoning in comparison.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)I should have watched, dang it.
malaise
(269,278 posts)Yes indeed
I used to like him, but not so much of a fan lately.
Not sure how I feel about the bird thing in that context.
abbeyco
(1,555 posts)...esp those who congratulate themselves on a regular basis. Larry was TRUTH
Blue_Adept
(6,402 posts)Even my 13 year old has picked up on it via tumblr for the last few months.
TDale313
(7,820 posts)malaise
(269,278 posts)Just wait for Trump to run with it
latebloomer
(7,120 posts)Including the Obamas, though they kept their cool. A little too much truth there.
glinda
(14,807 posts)I enjoyed both he and Obama tonight.
Grown2Hate
(2,013 posts)Curry. It didn't go over well, but it was BALLSY, I will say that. I didn't expect it, but I respect it.
malaise
(269,278 posts)Drones
dembotoz
(16,865 posts)perhaps too honest
pmorlan1
(2,096 posts)but I don't think the people in the room liked him much. I'd love to see a transcript.
Grown2Hate
(2,013 posts)Wilmore, and I thought he did GREAT.
ChisolmTrailDem
(9,463 posts)..."too much truth", as latebloomer said above, then good for him! I think it's IMPOSSIBLE to speak too much truth to the low life media hacks we have spewing their bullshit and not asking questions or challenging anyone. FUCK THEM and good for Larry, whose show I do not miss because he is awesome and so is his show.
ETA: I see CSPAN is replaying the WHCD right now so I've set it too record and will watch with great interest. I hope he did make those assholes uncomfortable, I expected no less from him.
JimDandy
(7,318 posts)#TooMuchTruth
malaise
(269,278 posts)ChisolmTrailDem
(9,463 posts)NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)No matter how many tight-asses got the vapors over what he said.
lib87
(535 posts)Larry didn't hold back but he never does anyways.
CPT jokes, lovingly using the n-word between 2 Black men...this was a glimpse of black culture and that nonblack audience was like a deer in headlights a time...loved it.
northernsouthern
(1,511 posts)I was the Obama one he did, but Larry was not in that part.
LeftyMom
(49,212 posts)If this gets taken down for some reason it's also on CSPAN's site.
northernsouthern
(1,511 posts)onecaliberal
(32,991 posts)northernsouthern
(1,511 posts)...this is up there as one of the best I have ever seen. He ripped the hell out of the media and while being respectful of Obama hit him on some policies he did not like...and hit him hard...then returned back to giving him respect.
northernsouthern
(1,511 posts)I am only part way through and I can not believe the shit he is saying! Larry is already my favorite with John Oliver, but he has just gained so much f@cking cred. The lines he is dropping and the epic sh@t he is talking!!!!!!!!! AMAZING! Place the link in the OP please, it is soooooooooo good!
malaise
(269,278 posts)He spared no one
northernsouthern
(1,511 posts)I am going to watch the whole thing again with her. I am gonna go tweet Larry some love.
malaise
(269,278 posts)It's well earned
underthematrix
(5,811 posts)tune into CNN, FOX HATE NEWS, MSNBC, CBSNews, ABCNews, NBCNews
I turned Larry off after the PBO/Steph air bomb shit. Totally inappropriate and FACT FREE
mockmonkey
(2,841 posts)I thought he was funny as hell. Most of DC is humor impaired so I wouldn't expect much from that group. Those that thought Wilmore went too far, for them maybe they can bring back Rich Little next year.
sendero
(28,552 posts).... smart and fearless!