Maher proceeds to complain about the allegations of sexual misconduct made against Bill Clinton (who’s been accused of serial sexual harassment and rape) Al Franken, who was accused by a Democratic congressional aide of forcibly kissing her and saying “It’s my right as an entertainer,” along with multiple instances of groping and Aziz Ansari, who was indeed the victim of some truly shoddy reporting. That’s why you never see him with a white girl or an intellectual.” This dismissive take isn’t all that surprising when you consider that one of Maher’s exes, Karrine Steffans, who is Black, once said of him, “Bill wants someone he can put down in an argument, tell you how ghetto you are, how big your butt is and that you’re an idiot. Yes, it’s great that we had a reckoning, but some stuff women…just handle yourself.” A deeply unfunny and uninspired section on the perils of the #MeToo movement includes Maher dismissing the sexism and harassment allegations made by those on the Bernie Sanders campaign by saying, “Who raised these jellyfish? This cannot be the image women want or deserve. “They’re tired of fearing that if they make one mistake in their life, including in their past, it might never be forgiven.” (Less than two weeks ago, Louis C.K., who admitted to masturbating in front of a number of women without their consent, won a Grammy for a comedy album on which he made light of his sexual misconduct.)
“The drip-drip-drip on your newsfeed of crazy shit-petty, judge-y, cancel-culture shit-does seem to hang more on the left, and people are just tired of this,” he observes. And no group is more guilty of this unspeakable act of barbarism than liberals. If Maher is to be believed, there are few things worse in 2022 than being roundly criticized for a day or two on Twitter over perceived wrongdoings (at least for rich folks like himself). The title of the special, #Adulting, is in reference to young folks’ tendency to jokingly call the accomplishing of grown-up tasks “adulting.” This term-which again, was used in jest by twentysomethings-gained popularity around 2015/2016 and hasn’t been used in years, though Maher, who fancies himself something of an expert on millennial and Gen Z behavior, is unaware of this.Īfter mocking vaccinated crowd members for wearing masks-even though Maher himself suffered a breakthrough case of COVID and emerged sporting special corrective lenses-he took aim at the youths for wearing masks outdoors. Mayim Bialik on Vaccines, Jeopardy!, and Childhood Trauma It’s his 12th stand-up special for the cable network that remains hopelessly in thrall to his brand of smug contrarianism and the crowd at Miami’s Fillmore Theater, where it was taped some months back, lap up his every word.
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Such “bold” opinions are on full display in #Adulting, Maher’s new HBO comedy special out April 15.
Kelly whenever he wants because “the music didn’t rape anybody.” Oh, and in case you were wondering, he’ll still play R. Gen Z has apparently assembled Avengers: Endgame-style to “cancel Abraham Lincoln”-a crusade that exists almost entirely within the comic’s limited imagination. Also, the right has “a lot of nerve” for thinking he’d ever move over to the Republican Party, even though the sour sexagenarian spends most of his time amplifying their culture-war diversions. Rudy Giuliani is a vampire who sleeps in a coffin Marjorie Taylor Greene a “Real Housewife of Karen County.” In case you hadn’t heard, Donald Trump appears to harbor disdain for his sweaty spawn Don Jr. He crows about correctly predicting that Trump would fail to concede if he lost the 2020 presidential election (something most leftists thought would happen). In lieu of setups and punchlines, audiences pay top dollar to be pummeled by a relentless combo of holier-than-thou takes. These days, a Bill Maher stand-up special more closely resembles a political pep rally.
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