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Stand up comics and right/left leaning material
Posted on 5/2/18 at 9:43 am
Posted on 5/2/18 at 9:43 am
I was wondering how people might define the material of certain well known comics. This was born out of a discussion regarding which comics we thought were liberal and conservative - then realized for some, there's no real way to tell based on their material.
Some of the ones I know:
Conservative material:
Ron White
Nick DiPaulo
Tim Allen
Owen Benjamin
Neutral material:
Jim Gaffighan
John Mulaney
Sebastian Maniscalco
Brian Reagan
Mike Birbiglia
Todd Barry
Tom Segura
Anthony Jeselnik
Gabriel Iglesias
Jerry Seinfeld
Eddie Murphy
Dave Atell
Liberal material:
Trevor Noah
Jim Jeffries
George Lopez (but not funny either)
Patton Oswalt
Lewis Black
Bill Hicks
David Cross
Amy Schumer
Greg Giraldo (almost chaos)
Chaos material (burning down all sides):
Daniel Tosh
Nick Kroll
Zach Galifanakis
Maria Bamdord
Christopher Titus
Bill Burr
Sam Kinison
Denis Leary
Jimmy Carr
Patrice Oneal
Robin Williams
Anyone else with input?
Consider this is their material, not their personal political stance. Jon Pinette might be a massive Liberal for all I know, but the only things I remember from his routines are about food and travel.
If you haven't heard Christopher Titus, by the way, he's awesome and I strongly recommend it. His bit about doing his routine for members of the military (and the blind soldier) nearly caused me to wreck my car as I was listening.
Some of the ones I know:
Conservative material:
Ron White
Nick DiPaulo
Tim Allen
Owen Benjamin
Neutral material:
Jim Gaffighan
John Mulaney
Sebastian Maniscalco
Brian Reagan
Mike Birbiglia
Todd Barry
Tom Segura
Anthony Jeselnik
Gabriel Iglesias
Jerry Seinfeld
Eddie Murphy
Dave Atell
Liberal material:
Trevor Noah
Jim Jeffries
George Lopez (but not funny either)
Patton Oswalt
Lewis Black
Bill Hicks
David Cross
Amy Schumer
Greg Giraldo (almost chaos)
Chaos material (burning down all sides):
Daniel Tosh
Nick Kroll
Zach Galifanakis
Maria Bamdord
Christopher Titus
Bill Burr
Sam Kinison
Denis Leary
Jimmy Carr
Patrice Oneal
Robin Williams
Anyone else with input?
Consider this is their material, not their personal political stance. Jon Pinette might be a massive Liberal for all I know, but the only things I remember from his routines are about food and travel.
If you haven't heard Christopher Titus, by the way, he's awesome and I strongly recommend it. His bit about doing his routine for members of the military (and the blind soldier) nearly caused me to wreck my car as I was listening.
This post was edited on 5/3/18 at 9:09 am
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Posted on 5/2/18 at 9:46 am to skrayper
Add Sebastian Maniscalco to the neutral list.
Posted on 5/2/18 at 9:48 am to TbirdSpur2010
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Add Sebastian Maniscalco to the neutral list.
Done.
How's his routine?
Posted on 5/2/18 at 9:48 am to skrayper
Add George Lopez to the liberal list.
Posted on 5/2/18 at 9:51 am to DabosDynasty
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Add George Lopez to the liberal list.
Good catch. I only heard a few bits of his routine, and they were more about his family. I do recall at least one portion I heard that got pretty political.
Posted on 5/2/18 at 9:51 am to DabosDynasty
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Add George Lopez to the liberal/racist list.
FIFY
Posted on 5/2/18 at 9:52 am to skrayper
Jimmy Dore has a lot of political material. I feel like he is left leaning but he rips the shite out of Hillary and the DNC whenever he gets a chance. He is more harsh on her than he is on Trump. He was on the Joe Rogan Experience a couple months back and it was a pretty good episode.
Posted on 5/2/18 at 9:52 am to Wtodd
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FIFY
Well, if we're doing that then the liberal one will eventually have sub-categories for:
Racist
Sexist
Elitist Snob
Posted on 5/2/18 at 9:53 am to Drunken Crawfish
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Jimmy Dore has a lot of political material. I feel like he is left leaning but he rips the shite out of Hillary and the DNC whenever he gets a chance. He is more harsh on her than he is on Trump. He was on the Joe Rogan Experience a couple months back and it was a pretty good episode.
So possibly more in the "Chaos" section with Daniel Tosh?
Posted on 5/2/18 at 9:53 am to skrayper
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Posted on 5/2/18 at 9:54 am to skrayper
His comedy is based more on playing up his italian/chicago accent and facial expressions. Can't really recall any major political bits.
He's probably leftist and maybe he has more political stuff in his latest material, not sure, but that's never been the crux of his act.
He's probably leftist and maybe he has more political stuff in his latest material, not sure, but that's never been the crux of his act.
Posted on 5/2/18 at 9:57 am to skrayper
Gaffigan's material leans right, though he personally leans left.
Mulaney's material definitely leans left.
Add Nick Kroll, Zach Galifanakis, and Maria Bamdord to the Chaos group and Patton Oswalt to the hard left.
Mulaney's material definitely leans left.
Add Nick Kroll, Zach Galifanakis, and Maria Bamdord to the Chaos group and Patton Oswalt to the hard left.
Posted on 5/2/18 at 9:58 am to skrayper
I put comedians in the same category I do reporters/journalists: the best ones leave you questioning where they land on the political spectrum. The problem is that there are few good ones left.
I've long felt if you are a comedian who depends on being dirty/crude to be funny, then you aren't really funny. I think that can be expanded now that if your entire shtick depends on lobbing bombs at the right, you aren't funny either. Being able to roast both sides is true talent.
I've long felt if you are a comedian who depends on being dirty/crude to be funny, then you aren't really funny. I think that can be expanded now that if your entire shtick depends on lobbing bombs at the right, you aren't funny either. Being able to roast both sides is true talent.
Posted on 5/2/18 at 9:59 am to skrayper
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Conservative material:
Christopher Titus
Posted on 5/2/18 at 10:00 am to Muthsera
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Gaffigan's material leans right, though he personally leans left.
Mulaney's material definitely leans left.
Really? I can only recall Mulaney's bits on his childhood and such, and Gaffigan mostly regarding food, etc.
Posted on 5/2/18 at 10:00 am to skrayper
Nick DiPaulo (sp?) is conservative
Posted on 5/2/18 at 10:02 am to skrayper
Add Tom Segura. Neutral/Left. Possibly chaos? Funny regardless.
Posted on 5/2/18 at 10:03 am to skrayper
Calling Titus conservative is a huge stretch.
The political stuff he does is left of center, though his act and his life tend to be anti-PC and pro-capitalist.
The political stuff he does is left of center, though his act and his life tend to be anti-PC and pro-capitalist.
Posted on 5/2/18 at 10:04 am to upgrayedd
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upgrayedd
You disagree? I always thought his material was Conservative leaning, very pro Military, etc.
I just read about his comments on Palin though. Ugh.
And now I'm reading some stuff from his other bits. Maybe he's not. I'm guessing Pandora left a lot of that stuff out when he popped up.
Posted on 5/2/18 at 10:05 am to tharre4
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Add Tom Segura. Neutral/Left. Possibly chaos? Funny regardless.
You tell me, I'm not familiar with him. :)
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