Michael Ian Black has solved the mystery that has plagued popular culture for years.
Why is late-night television so liberal?
Except for the comic on the left, best known for The State and “Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp”, which makes a fatal mistake.
He ignores reality.
And that’s embarrassing for someone who considers himself a politically astute author and independent comic.
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Black joins the host of “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee” ranked in her basement weekly podcast, “Full Release”. Liberals have weighed heavily on Elon Musk (but not fans!), fatherhood, and conservatives’ attachment to pedophilia.
The conversation eventually descends into political comedy, convincing Black to get this curious person to stand up.
“Comedy by definition cannot be conservative…comedy, when it is working, is working against a power structure, whatever that power structure is. And the essence of conservatism is to preserve the power structure. It’s hard to laugh at the status quo.”
It’s absurd on so many levels, it’s hard to know where to start.
Try the name test “Gutfeld!” Fox News’ late-night show is at or near the top of the ratings pile week to week. It is by no means conservative but crushes the historic “Tonight Show”, along with hits like “The Daily Show”, “Late Night with Seth Meyers” and, of course, “Full front.”
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Greg Gutfeld’s show launched a year ago and quickly became a success. And it works like that without the A-list stars, TV-sized broadcast budgets or other tricks his competitors use. So immediately Black’s scathing comment is 100 percent wrong. And you would think Bee, despite her hardcore bias, would recall that Gutfeld cleans her watches week after week.
Obviously not. The bubble in each comic should be big, thick, and bulletproof.
It got worse. Really.
“I thought maybe there would be a $50 billion gig if someone could do a conservative late-night show…” Bee began.
“Oh, if you can break that seed,” Black continued to her.
“It’s your money maker.” Bee finished. “A funny thing for everyone. It is not possible. It is not possible.”
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Of course, Black’s comment is silly in other ways. There is funny comedy from Left and Right. Neither party has a monopoly on yuks. Radical politicians behave badly and allow themselves to be mocked. Conservative leaders more or less do the same.
More importantly, the Left now holds all the levers of power. The White House. Senate. Conference. Media. Hollywood. Academy. Now, do freelance comedians hold any of those agencies responsible for their misguided ways?
Generally no. When was the last time Stephen Colbert burned CNN for its cartoon bias? Why would Jimmy Kimmel criticize Leonardo DiCaprio for his hypocrisy?
Black and Bee spent the rest of the conversation playing Victim Cards to lure online trolls and praising President Joe Biden for doing as good a job as anyone could for national events and world.
“I do not know why [the American people] Think we’re going in the wrong direction here,” Black said, ignoring the catastrophic pullout from Afghanistan, soaring gas prices, skyrocketing inflation, conflicting COVID-19 messages and others altogether. Completely unrelated to Biden’s leadership.
Not available. Zero. No.
Black is also pine in a time when the Left and the Right can get along but blame current tribalism entirely on conservatives as “lunatics.”
