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Samantha Bee Is Wrong about Comedy
NRO ^ | 17 Apr 2021 | Kyle Mann

Posted on 04/18/2021 7:30:57 AM PDT by Rummyfan

It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it,” wrote G. K. Chesterton. Those who hold their beliefs strongly can laugh at the world, their predicaments, and themselves. Those without confidence in their beliefs cannot laugh at all, for fear the whole thing will come crumbling down. Of course the same applies to political beliefs, too, which are often now a mere stand-in for religious ideas.

Comedian Samantha Bee recently remarked that she can’t make fun of Joe Biden in the same way she made fun of Donald Trump, admitting that she pulls her punches when it comes to the 46th president:

You’re like, okay, well we could be making jokes about, we could be making jokes about the infrastructure plan, but in general, I’m like, “Wow, this is great. Why would I purposefully undermine something that is, seems to be a great idea, pretty much across the board?” Like, I don’t need to make jokes just to make jokes. I like to make really targeted jokes. There are more worthy targets right now, I think.

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I would expand on the title by saying that Canadian-import Bee is wrong about a lot of things, not just comedy. Why she still has a show is beyond me - TBS must be desperate for content.
1 posted on 04/18/2021 7:30:57 AM PDT by Rummyfan
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As best I can tell from the commercials for her ‘show’ (and those commercial spots seem to run endlessly on some channels, which tells me no one is watching), Bee’s approach to comedy is that you don’t have to worry if you’re not funny as long as you’re politically correct.


2 posted on 04/18/2021 7:36:29 AM PDT by Stosh
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To: Rummyfan

False gods become a stinging disappointment, when one realizes just what “false” really means. She is beginning to realize that emptiness. This is best thing that could happen to her.


3 posted on 04/18/2021 7:37:47 AM PDT by Richard Axtell (President Asterisk is an ass to risk the economy and rights of all Americans.)
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To: Rummyfan

Samantha Bee is not funny.
She knows nothing about comedy.


4 posted on 04/18/2021 7:39:25 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents)(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Rummyfan

Comedy is dead.

The left killed it.

It’s no longer acceptable to poke fun at our own proclivities.

Sucking the joy out of everything is now de rigueur...


5 posted on 04/18/2021 7:41:08 AM PDT by Magnatron
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Never watched her. See her on the program guide and move on.


6 posted on 04/18/2021 7:41:24 AM PDT by BipolarBob (Jeffrey Epsteins last words "I am not committing suicide".)
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To: Rummyfan

Samantha Bee and the word comedy should not be in the same sentence. She is just not funny...at all.


7 posted on 04/18/2021 7:45:26 AM PDT by Hildy (In an unforgiving world, only the shameless survive.)
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To: Rummyfan

Don’t blame Canadians for her.

Just blame Toronto, if you want to be accurate.

Albertans would have never sent trash like that to our friends.


8 posted on 04/18/2021 7:46:32 AM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults. )
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To: Rummyfan

Comedians poke fun at just about everything. Samantha Bee Is not a comedian. She is a propagandist.


9 posted on 04/18/2021 8:00:29 AM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: Rummyfan

On the topic of laughing at religion...

A Mormon, a Buddhist, and a Muslim walk into a bar. The Mormon orders water. The Buddhist meditates. The Muslim pulls out a knife and beheads the Mormon and the Buddhist.

No, it’s not funny.


10 posted on 04/18/2021 8:02:03 AM PDT by MercyFlush (Senator Joseph McCarthy was right. )
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11 posted on 04/18/2021 8:04:05 AM PDT by The Louiswu ((.....................insert tagline here.......................))
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I’ll bet that Samantha has no idea that Richard Pryor was one of the co-writers on Blazing Saddles.


12 posted on 04/18/2021 8:07:25 AM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: Rummyfan

What does Samantha Bee know about comedy? Absolutely nothing. She ain’t funny. Never has been. Never will be.


13 posted on 04/18/2021 8:09:49 AM PDT by silent majority rising
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To: BipolarBob
Never watched her. See her on the program guide and move on.

Same here.

14 posted on 04/18/2021 8:12:30 AM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.d)
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To: Rummyfan

Are there actually any people who find Samantha Bee funny? That’s hard to believe. John Stewart could be funny, Colbert could be funny (at one time), even Amy Schumer has done a funny bit at some point. Samantha Bee has never been funny. This piece is an insight as to why. Trevor Noah is also not funny. At all. Ever.


15 posted on 04/18/2021 8:12:45 AM PDT by cdcdawg (WTF is "Jim Eagle?")
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To: Rummyfan

Is there anything that “Samantha Bee” isn’t wrong about?


16 posted on 04/18/2021 8:13:11 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Trump: "They're After You. I'm Just In The Way")
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To: Rummyfan
Republican senators agree with her.

GOP Senators Admit Biden Walking Circles Around Them, Won’t Attack Him Because He’s A ‘Nice Guy’


17 posted on 04/18/2021 8:14:20 AM PDT by Bratch (The only way men or women can be judged is against the canvas of their own time. - Louis L'Amour)
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To: Night Hides Not

Really? I didn’t know that! I guess that would explain “where the white women at?”


18 posted on 04/18/2021 8:14:53 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Trump: "They're After You. I'm Just In The Way")
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To: cdcdawg
Trevor Noah is also not funny. At all. Ever.

Trevor Noah... South Africa. Samantha Bee... Canada. I just love these foreigners who come here, reap tremendous benefits from being in the USA and then deign to point out everything that is wrong with us. /sarcasm

Agree about Noah. Not funny. How did he get the gig other than being a South African black?!

19 posted on 04/18/2021 8:16:38 AM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.d)
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To: Rummyfan

Agree. She’s about as funny as the plague.


20 posted on 04/18/2021 8:16:50 AM PDT by ealgeone
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