#apologies for rant i can't figure out how to cut on mobile

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the whole problem with the bill burr opening monologue was that it wasn't "offensive" it was just tone deaf as hell and needed someone else to say "hey this might be going a bit too far for live television" because last week's chris rock monologue was hella political but it was nicely timed and a great season opener with jabs on both sides. this one felt like your drunk uncle's (no not that one) racist rants over Christmas when you're trying to have some turkey.

the bit about white woman inserting themselves into poc issues because of a society that favors people with fair skin talking about political problems over those who actually experience the fucking problem in the first place: good, little weird because that's probably due to white privilege that has nothing to do with feminism but aight the gucci boot joke made me laugh. it's a true issue that i don't think the millennial audience thinks about enough and i sincerely credit him for having the balls to say that.

implying that lgbtq members shouldn't be able to celebrate their sexuality graphically in public because it makes you uncomfortable two days before worldwide coming out day and when you're about to perform with two openly gay cast members: very tone deaf, kind of weird but even as a member of the LGBTQ community I can relate because pride gets out of hand sometimes.

implying lgbtq members should not be able to celebrate their sexuality at all because unlike colored folks didn't get enslaved for something they couldn't change about themselves: bitch wtf

it would have been at least funny had he not been sitting two inches away from kate three minutes later during the first fucking sketch of the night. and besides weekend update, every single sketch was about how much he (and specifically his characters) hate the new "woke sjw world current year blah blah" while meanwhile him trying to rev them up is just playing into their hands. the sketches weren't even funny besides the first one and the first one shines that night because it's the only sketch not specifically mentioning neoliberal ideologies. like, bro, we hate them too but this is a variety sketch show, not a polisci class. you have a shit ton of stand-ups where you break down why these ideas harm the general public - why are you mentioning them on a show best known by adults over 40 to be the "haha funni chris farley show" when you could do it anywhere else? you have a goddamn animated cartoon set in the 70s where you can say basically anything because it's the 70s yet you have to mention it here? on a saturday?

i think what ultimately bothers me the most about this is because he thinks he's some sort of "new age george carlin" all the time deserving criticism is going to go in one ear and out the other. and that bothers the fuck out of me because you can tell he can care about issues. his wife is black and they have kids together. he is and should be educated when it comes to black movements (esp the last five months') and he obviously shows he is well aware of the problems and is willing to speak out about it. he knows his shit.

but because his entire career is built on being 2edge4u he's not going to learn and is instead going to go absolutely batshit over any criticism. he can learn about how lgbtq issues are basically (for lack of a better term) synonymous with race issues. but he's not going to do that because that requires work. he could listen, but he needs to talk over. kind of ironic, considering he seemed so against that same concept, huh? 🤔