VERBOTEN! George Carlin Would Be Canceled & Strung Up For Saying This Stuff Today!
"I like to piss off any group that takes itself a little bit too seriously."
The Jimmy Dore Show (1/27/23)
Last year HBO produced an Emmy Award-winning documentary series about George Carlin, detailing the iconoclastic comedian’s rise to popularity and repeated incarnations as he transitioned over his career from a more traditional comic to an establishment-challenging philosopher-comedian and elder statesman of the stand-up arts. But would Carlin’s unique perspective survive in today’s era of quick-trigger canceling? Jimmy and fellow comedians Kurt Metzger and Wayne Federman, who produced the Carlin documentary, discuss the Carlin legacy and influence.
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Carlin's analysis of class and social issues in the US Empire was spot on. Philosopher-comedian in that order, especially in his later years. Would he be "cancelled" now? Yes, indirectly via wokeness and political correctness mandates imposed by legacy media. But that stick is getting old.
Unfortunately somewhat accurate, since Carlin would be branded a Nazi by the non-class conscious SJWs