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Wanda Sykes Booed off stage For Calling Trump a ‘Racist’

EvaPeron said:
Actually, have you ever seen the comedy hours where people who stink are booed off the stage? If a large group of the audience didn't like the tone that this person was taking then that's on her, not on them. She is a performer. What strikes me as interesting is that so many Hollywood celebs thought they could voice their opinion on this election and the people would stop drop and roll. But that isn't what happened. The people said heck no - you don't speak for me.

I think that it was and is a beautiful thing. It's happened several times now and maybe will continue to happen until the press and these famous people finally get it- one person, one vote. They think they are so much above the rest of the American citizens. That's why America acted this time, They'd had enough.
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That is the rule of comedy when unknowns get on the stage in some parts, and that can be fun, but that was not the situation here. With known acts the rule is that the comedian is almost obliged to go after the hecklers, to out heckle them, to humiliate them.
 
Hawkeye10 said:
That is the rule of comedy when unknowns get on the stage in some parts, and that can be fun, but that was not the situation here. With known acts the rule is that the comedian is almost obliged to go after the hecklers, to out heckle them, to humiliate them.
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The f-bomb dropping and bird-flipping was all she had.
 
Grim17 said:
In other words... When a liberal comedian says "F-you" to you and the members of the audience because you express displeasure with a joke, don't react negatively... just STFU and take it.

pfff

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Or get up and walk out.
 
Grim17 said:
Hey broken record, give that "victim" **** a rest.

Why not do something that might surprise us all... like commenting on the actual topic instead of launching another of your worn out personal attacks every time a thread isn't to your liking.

ie grow the **** up.
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Ok. I'll stop. Just as soon as people stop volunteering themsleves as victims.

 
Right wingers yet again demanding a safe space.
 
I think maybe some points are being missed. Anyone presenting...be it a comedian, or a musician, or a motivational speaker, sort of has an obligation to read the room. When the presentation is going south you dont stand in the front of the group and get into a pissing contest. The responsibility for a successful event is a two way street. She had a right to drop her little trud on the stage, but when you note the crowd is booing, you stop, reassess, say something..."huh....so I see we have a bit of a disagreement! Well...lets just see if we cant sweep that turd off the stage and try something different." Maybe you make a little attempt at self deprecating humor...and then carry on. But when you get in a back and forth pissing match thats going nowhere...well...why should it be any more successful on a stage at a comedy show than it is here?

The responsibility in that environment rests with the professional.
 
Hawkeye10 said:
Anyone who needs speech and ideas restricted should stay far away from comedy venues.
Those types are pollution to comedy.
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In part, I agree.

But live performance is to an audience, and in part lives or dies based on the audience interaction.
In this case, she took it political firmly on the democratic anti-Trump rhetoric, during a very tense national time, and it backfired.

She knew the risk, it was not a blind side.
 
IDK what Sykes says. Never thought she was that funny to begin with. I would never pay to go see her. Guess that makes me a "racists" for not supporting a black female comedian who is not all that funny.
 
Mach said:
In part, I agree.

But live performance is to an audience, and in part lives or dies based on the audience interaction.
In this case, she took it political firmly on the democratic anti-Trump rhetoric, during a very tense national time, and it backfired.

She knew the risk, it was not a blind side.
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How is booing a comedian off the stage better for anyone than the old way,...walking out?

I think it would have been much more effective to over 5 minutes have a huge chunk of the audience walk out.

It draws out the pain of disapproval, and it makes every audience member sit and think...do I stay or walk out, which side do I support, its one or the other.

The way this went down puts those who objected firmly on a course of hostility to speech, which clearly is not required, and I think not it is not helpful towards any useful goal.
 
While i respect her right to say what she said, people go to see comedians and movies and whatever to GET AWAY from politics. That's one of the reasons why the NFL's ratings are in the sewer.
 
Roadvirus said:
While i respect her right to say what she said, people go to see comedians and movies and whatever to GET AWAY from politics. That's one of the reasons why the NFL's ratings are in the sewer.
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Which is a huge mother****ing problem.

That which is swept under the rug by those who dont want to bring themselves around to dealing with it grows and gets worse, often disastrously so.

Dont for one second expect that I am going to stay silent as you or anyone else uses evasion as the argument for supporting hostility to free speech...silence is consent, and I REFUSE! to consent to this barbarity as well as certain doom for humanity.
 
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Hawkeye10 said:
Was there a lobby?
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FFS... Bad jokes = "Boos"

I'm sorry if you agree with Sykes, but she is a comedian, not a pundit. She deserved exactly what she got and my hat's off to the people in the audience for letting her have it.
 
Grim17 said:
FFS... Bad jokes = "Boos"

I'm sorry if you agree with Sykes, but she is a comedian, not a pundit. She deserved exactly what she got and my hat's off to the people in the audience for letting her have it.
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The entire job of a comedian is to point out reality in an interesting way.

Very often this is related to issues of the day.

Do you know what comedy is?

Dont sound like it.
 
Hawkeye10 said:
That is the rule of comedy when unknowns get on the stage in some parts, and that can be fun, but that was not the situation here. With known acts the rule is that the comedian is almost obliged to go after the hecklers, to out heckle them, to humiliate them.
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There seem to be quite a few rules about comedy shows. Do you know if there is a list of them somewhere. So you can boo unknowns but not known acts. What if the known act is a has been. How well does the act have to be known. What if they are well known in another country. Which rule applies then. Just want to make sure I follow the right rules the next time I go to a show.


Making things up and calling them rules does not make them such.
 
Hawkeye10 said:
Which is a huge mother****ing problem.

That which is swept under the rug by those who dont want to bring themselves around to dealing with it grows and gets worse, often disastrously so.

Dont for one second expect that I am going to stay silent as you or anyone else uses evasion as the argument for supporting hostility to free speech...silence is consent, and I REFUSE! to consent to this barbarity as well as certain doom for humanity.
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The thing you don't seem to understand is that free speech in the US does not mean you are free from all consequences resulting from that speech.
 
Hawkeye10 said:
The entire job of a comedian is to point out reality in an interesting way.

Very often this is related to issues of the day.

Do you know what comedy is?

Dont sound like it.
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No the job of a comedian is to make their audience laugh. It seems you are not real clear on either free speech or comedy.
 
braindrain said:
No the job of a comedian is to make their audience laugh. It seems you are not real clear on either free speech or comedy.
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HAHA!

You have completely misunderstood my clearly articulated position.
 
braindrain said:
The thing you don't seem to understand is that free speech in the US does not mean you are free from all consequences resulting from that speech.
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You dont seem to understand that you can not both suppress speech and support free speech.

When speech is suppressed in spite of remedies existing which avoid suppressing speech then the one doing the suppressing is not an advocate of free speech, not matter what claims come out of their mouths....if fact listening to what comes out of their mouths have no point, they have placed their vote already.
 
Grim17 said:
That wasn't a political speaker at a political event, it was a stand up comic at a benefit concert that the crowd didn't think was funny. This wasn't a case of shutting down free speech, it was simply a case of people expressing their dissatisfaction with her comedy material.

In answer to your question, if a comedian called Obama those things and was booed, you wouldn't hear me saying a damned thing about shutting down free speech. That's just ridiculous.

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Really? Well, I'm glad to hear you say that. I did find a thread where you complained about a conservative getting shouted down at an event... she wasn't a political speaker, just someone attending the event. Do you see those two things as similar?
 
Grim17 said:
It was supposed to be comedy, not a political speech.

Those who supported Hillary and hate Trump are just not getting it. The American people, not just those on the right, have had enough of this angry, condescending liberal BS. The election is over and the people came to that benefit to laugh, not for more partisan political crap.

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Personally, I agree with Casper. She didn't know her audience, KEY when you are performing. But remember, Grim. The angry condescension is just as prevalent on the right as it is on the left. To not see that is to bury your head in the sand and ignore what your side does.
 
Mac77 said:
Sykes reacted like a typical liberal by yelling **** you and giving her aidience the finger
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Actually, she acted like an asshole and a jerk. Her political affiliation had zero to do with that. Plenty of conservatives act like assholes and jerks, too.
 
RetiredNSmilin said:
No hypotheticals.

Trump IS the Prez.

You will have to deal with this truth any way you can.

The real world only hands out one trophy.
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Try re-reading my post. It had nothing to do with what you just said.
 
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