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what an unlikable guy. never understood his appeal
Him saying it's just a job and the job was to create a successful production is exactly the kind of apathy the rich and powerful shouldn't be allowed to have. The banality of evil and all of that.
Kevin Hart is more than capable of creating an amazing roast without hiring known racists. I think the difference between Shane Gillis and the other comedian (whose name escapes me because he's not good enough to be on my radar, except for when he says some shitty things) seems to me to be undeniably massive. Shane doesn't come off as truly hateful, or racist, or misogynist, etc. Maybe I'm speaking from a white, straight, male comedy lovers' biased perspective but Shane's jokes feel like jokes where the truly hateful comedians' "jokes" feel like character revelations.
I think there's a place in comedy for roasts and I don't think we need to platform the worst people to make them successful or entertaining.
Who's Kevin Hart?
i guess hes a comedian or actor or something. hes terrible, always has been. boggles the mind hes so popular
He was the subject of a roast.
See, the joke works like this: Kevin Hart has lost a lot of popularity and apparently gotten desperate to remain relevant (did I hear rumors of porn?), so thus, I pretend to never have heard of him. This is funny because it's a direct contradiction to what he's trying to do. The end.
Ah, I get it now. Totallyed whooshed, my bad.
Bret Hart's non-wrestling adopted black brother.
Some people used to find him funny a long time ago
He had some good comedy. When he was considered a comedian. Thats long past.
He also goes by Mark Normand.
As a guy from ourside US the whole roast thing is baffling to me I know is a culture thing but the Fat guy bombed like 10 jokes outright and the Rock coming to hit on his wife was more sad rather than funny. There where some good ones but well still the question that got lodged in my head is why the fuck the fixation with "anything goes comedy" why you have to let anyone pick onto your worst because is comedy? I tought I would see something like Smosh's funerary roast but not even.
Roasts are intended to be good natured. Insults from friends who actually like you a lot. They aren't meant to be taken seriously. And it's done with the consent of the roastee. Not everyone has skin thick enough for it.
At least, I think that's what you are confused about.
Its a roast, so it isn't gonna be funny to begin with
this post was submitted on 27 May 2026
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