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As a non-american guy that has never seen John Oliver before, I found it very hard to sit through the entire thing until the end, though the payoff was definite
by dvcrn 10y ago
As a non-american guy that has never seen John Oliver before, I found it very hard to sit through the entire thing until the end, though the payoff was definitely worth it.
This guys looks to me like he's been in TV for a little too long and tries very hard to find a audience with very simple jokes (that feel kind of forced) amplified by background laughter.
He has the right idea and did the right thing but I personally would have found it more enjoyable without the jokes.
- pas 10y agoAmerica, a country where politics is a tragicomedy, comedy is about politics, and which is actually a continent.
- rev_null 10y agoTwo continents, even.
- wccrawford 10y agoI like a lot of his jokes, but I think there are too many of them, and too many are just "hey, here's a meme I remembered!" But without them, I think his show would fall flat with most of his audience, so I don't think he really has a choice about them at this point.
- therealdrag0 10y agoYeah, just a bunch of absurd similes does not represent good writing.
- sp332 10y agoHe does the same thing every week, so his audience is jaded.
- bayesian_horse 10y agoI feel relatively well versed in American "culture", but I still don't get a lot of the references he makes. On the other hand, I still laugh at many jokes and his rants on Trump are just epic.
- igorgue 10y agoThat's how people feel when watching Silicon Valley on HBO to be honest. To me is perfect cause I like programming, music, politics and weed.
- jug5 10y agoCouldn't agree more, pretty painful
- Tycho 10y agoI just don't find him that funny.
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- dominotw 10y agoI too find it too hard to watch without cringing. He has a whole team of writers and the best they come up with is some sarcastic comments at someone's expense. Laughing at people is not 'social commentary', its lowest form of dumb comedy with horrible laugh tracks ( i thought we were done with silly laugh tracks ?) I always thought this was a dying genre but seems like young ppl are into it?
- fixermark 10y agoVaudeville never dies; it just changes costumes. ;)
- scotty79 10y agoYeah. He could tone down a bit with the off the top jokes. Factual material he presents is morbidly funny enough.
- myth_buster 10y agoI think it's addressed to rile up a certain demographic which otherwise would not get involved in issues.