Correspondence Dinner

[Runnin]

or Correspondents

Larry Wilmore is bombing.

 

[Runnin]

Obama was by far the best comedian in the room.

 

[zitothebrave]

Wilmore was funny. Not shocked that a bunch of white media people won't findbashing white people and the media funny.

 

[weso1]

I think liberal comedy is starting to fade. This dinner was a perfect example of that. The whole thing was a bit dated. I'm starting to see a new movement in comedy that is more inclusive of conservative ideals in regards to free speech.

 

[Runnin]

Wilmore was funny. Not shocked that a bunch of white media people won't findbashing white people and the media funny.

I found him not that. And he did bomb. Comedians have to play to the room and he went too long before trying to win the audience, imo. The first few minutes were painful to watch.

 

[Runnin]

I think liberal comedy is starting to fade.

 

[goldfly]

Link to said stand up?

Read it was similar to Colbert roasted W

Which was awesome

But don't want to comment till I see

 

[Runnin]

Actually, this version is much better. The version I watched live had the audience mostly muted.
[URL]http://nypost.com/2016/05/01/larry-wilmore-bombs-the-correspondents-dinner/[/URL]

 

[zitothebrave]

I found him not that. And he did bomb. Comedians have to play to the room and he went too long before trying to win the audience, imo. The first few minutes were painful to watch.

Eh, considering how weak many WHCD are, I thinkhe was way more than fine. He was ripping into the media, of course he wasn't gonna be loved. I personally don't find it funny that folks like Fox, CNN, and MSNBC can't laugh at themselves. Probably why media today sucks. This is a perfect example

“Speaking of drones, how is Wolf Blitzer still on television? Ask a follow up question!Hey Wolf, I’m ready to project tonight’s winner: Anyone that isn’t watching ‘The Situation Room.'”

That joke kills, it was the first major joke about the media, and instead of being a sport, Blitzer stared daggers at Wilmore. If this was a roast, that person would have been laughing his ass off. Same thing with his Lester Holt dig.

If you don't think he was funny it's fine, comedy is subjective, what you find funny I won't find funny and vice versa. Should he have been playing the room? Maybe, but as the home consumer I'd rather watch that then say Billy Crystal at the Oscars.

 

[goldfly]

Helen Mirren at the Dinner

 

[BedellBrave]

She's stunning.

Watched Wilmore's routine. The reactions of the crowd were priceless.

 

[Julio3000]

Honestly, no one in those rooms likes it when someone on the podium speaks an uncomfortable truth. I remember watching the Oscars several years ago, when Jon Stewart was hosting. There was a video montage of Hollywood moments addressing social issues of the day—racism, sexism, etc...after the video ran, Stewart said something like "And none of those things was ever a problem again..."

It was an incredibly pointed and appropriate skewering of the self-congratulatory tone of the piece, but it absolutely bricked in the room. Nevertheless, it was right, and I appreciated it as such. That's the highest and most appropriate purpose of satire, IMO.

 

[BedellBrave]

Amen.