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Taika Waititi, a guy well-known for being very serious in front of a microphone and never elevating the trivial for comedic effect.

melling 7y ago
He sounds like he’s got some sort of physical problem with his shoulder and tendon in his forearm. In the video he complains about the smallness of the keyboard causing his shoulders to be in a bad position. He also talks about the “bounce back“ of the keys. https://www.cnet.com/news/taika-waititi-demands-apple-fix-those-keyboards-at-oscars/ https://www.cnet.com/news/taika-waititi-demands-apple-fix-th... Would be great if Apple just ran with this and reinvented the keyboard. That might mean nothing more than an external split keyboard that tents, for example.
- snowwrestler 7y ago
  He was asked about union negotiations and replied with an extended riff about keyboards. You can hear people laughing at the end of his remarks.
- milemi 7y ago
  Is he not aware that there’s hundreds if not thousands of keyboard models on the market? Now, if he was talking about the Apple TV remote, that I’d be totally on board with.
  - milemi 7y ago
    Only -1? Stop slacking off shittwaddles.
sudhirj 7y ago
Comedy is only funny if it contains truth in some form, otherwise it’s just random nonsense. Either it contains true statements that are funny in the current context, or statements that the audience either want to be true or is afraid could be.
- snowwrestler 7y ago
  Of course there is truth; everyone knows that Apple has had problems with their keyboards. What is funny is suggesting that that should be the #1 priority for the Writers Guild of America.
  - sudhirj 7y ago
    That's the true statement that's funny in the current context. Using that statement in the WGA context is the joke. If he was complaining on the Mac User Forum it wouldn't be a joke, just a complaint. As with any good joke, if you read deeply and between the lines, he's also clearly stating his opinion on the WGA and its problems. I'm just not familiar enough with the circumstances to know what the satire is about.
bitwize 7y ago
One time there was a reality show for up-and-coming comedians, I think it was Last Comic Standing. And Norm MacDonald was a judge on the show. And -- well, if you know comedy, you know Norm. Funny guy, very laid back, talks like he's on a 24/7 morphine drip, you know, it's Norm. So this guy gets up and starts doing his set, and he opens with a few jokes about Christians, comparing the Bible to Harry Potter, "you get to quote from your favorite book, I get to quote from mine", etc. When he finishes his set, the comic is hailed by the other judges for being brave enough to take on the Christians, and Norm claps back with this, in the most serious voice I have ever heard from him in all my years watching him on television, etc.: > I disagree. I don’t think the Bible joke was brave at all. I think if you’re going to take on an entire religion, you should maybe know what you’re talking about. JK Rowling is a Christian and JK Rowling famously said that if you’re familiar with the Scriptures, you can easily guess the ending of her book. I don’t like it. It was a professional critique from one comic to another. Norm wasn't offended by the Christian jokes, he just thought they were amateur-hour comedy at the expense of an easy target. Point being -- people who are professionally funny, like Norm MacDonald or Taika Waititi, that's not how they are all the time. And you know when they're being funny and when they're being serious.

melling 7y ago

He sounds like he’s got some sort of physical problem with his shoulder and tendon in his forearm. In the video he complains about the smallness of the keyboard causing his shoulders to be in a bad position. He also talks about the “bounce back“ of the keys. https://www.cnet.com/news/taika-waititi-demands-apple-fix-those-keyboards-at-oscars/ https://www.cnet.com/news/taika-waititi-demands-apple-fix-th... Would be great if Apple just ran with this and reinvented the keyboard. That might mean nothing more than an external split keyboard that tents, for example.

snowwrestler 7y ago
He was asked about union negotiations and replied with an extended riff about keyboards. You can hear people laughing at the end of his remarks.
milemi 7y ago
Is he not aware that there’s hundreds if not thousands of keyboard models on the market? Now, if he was talking about the Apple TV remote, that I’d be totally on board with.
- milemi 7y ago
  Only -1? Stop slacking off shittwaddles.

sudhirj 7y ago

Comedy is only funny if it contains truth in some form, otherwise it’s just random nonsense. Either it contains true statements that are funny in the current context, or statements that the audience either want to be true or is afraid could be.

snowwrestler 7y ago
Of course there is truth; everyone knows that Apple has had problems with their keyboards. What is funny is suggesting that that should be the #1 priority for the Writers Guild of America.
- sudhirj 7y ago
  That's the true statement that's funny in the current context. Using that statement in the WGA context is the joke. If he was complaining on the Mac User Forum it wouldn't be a joke, just a complaint. As with any good joke, if you read deeply and between the lines, he's also clearly stating his opinion on the WGA and its problems. I'm just not familiar enough with the circumstances to know what the satire is about.

bitwize 7y ago

One time there was a reality show for up-and-coming comedians, I think it was Last Comic Standing. And Norm MacDonald was a judge on the show. And -- well, if you know comedy, you know Norm. Funny guy, very laid back, talks like he's on a 24/7 morphine drip, you know, it's Norm. So this guy gets up and starts doing his set, and he opens with a few jokes about Christians, comparing the Bible to Harry Potter, "you get to quote from your favorite book, I get to quote from mine", etc. When he finishes his set, the comic is hailed by the other judges for being brave enough to take on the Christians, and Norm claps back with this, in the most serious voice I have ever heard from him in all my years watching him on television, etc.: > I disagree. I don’t think the Bible joke was brave at all. I think if you’re going to take on an entire religion, you should maybe know what you’re talking about. JK Rowling is a Christian and JK Rowling famously said that if you’re familiar with the Scriptures, you can easily guess the ending of her book. I don’t like it. It was a professional critique from one comic to another. Norm wasn't offended by the Christian jokes, he just thought they were amateur-hour comedy at the expense of an easy target. Point being -- people who are professionally funny, like Norm MacDonald or Taika Waititi, that's not how they are all the time. And you know when they're being funny and when they're being serious.