Amy Schumer at the Apollo on HBO

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Never liked her but I'll check it out as a stand-up fan.

And as far as the Patrice bits go, Dante & Jim Norton defended her and like someone mentioned in this thread those similar jokes have been on the internet for a while. And Dante mentioned Patrice picking those up when he was doing college gigs

Where he mention it?
 

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Every thread about her on here turns into a skit from her show, and the irony is fukking hilarious
 

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For the people discussing the Patrice/Amy thing:



Norton talks about the Patrice thing on this clip and, early into it, they play a piece of Patrice on the show back in mid-00s talking about how it's not even his bit.

I'm not a big Amy fan but she & Patrice were pretty tight before he passed and she wouldn't knowingly jack his material and fact of the matter is this wasn't even his material to begin with. More:


(video pretty NSFW w/ what these naked cartoons are doing)

Here's another vid from his webseries where he explains the origin of him doing this bit came from a back & forth with the college crowds where they'd tell him these crazy sex acts & names and, like Dante said, these acts & names were compiled and he'd build on the list through what the crowds would tell him. But, while it was a fun bit to do, Patrice never claimed it as his but it stuck out to crowds as his b/c he made them part of the act.

That aspect was uniquely Patrice's but not these sex acts themselves. It's the way he performed this common material and not the common material itself.

When the internet was taking off and these terms would be listed all on urbandictionary & other places, no one was claiming those sites were ripping off Patrice. Gino, his producer for the webseries, is even riffing on it in the video w/ sex acts he'd heard of. It's just one of those things that have been around forever, but, since Patrice had a fun take on it, people attribute it with him. But there's multiple audio of Patrice saying it's not his bit.

Someone in her camp probably should have hipped her to how popular riffing on this subject was for Patrice so she could avoid this kind of flack but it's not anything like Mencia joke thieving. People still love Patrice and understandably are very protective of his material, especially w/ that whole Kain Carter shyt a couple years back, but, like Patrice himself said, this isn't his material.
 

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he mighjt not have take credit for it but he was the first to use those acts in that order on a taped comedy show
 

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I insist there's an agenda somewhere to push this fat, squirrel-faced, unfunny woman onto everyone's throats.

Saw the first 15 minutes. It was trash.
my indian boy told me back in 9th grade......

"white people's humor is so weird and dry"


now i usually don't partake in the "white people do this and black people do that" nonsense........

but with comedy, it's definitely true... i can watch 99% of white comedians and not laugh at all... meanwhile the crowd and fans are in love like it's the best thing ever...

then you put on some black comedians and they are the ones silent and not laughing


of course you have exceptions... but racial lines go with comedy damn near as hard as musical tastes
 

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I don't know when America tried to push raunchy unattractive women as funny but it needs to go. :camby:
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since the 80s
 

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Chris Rock directed this :ohhh:

Chris Rock Interview | Amy Schumer Live at the Apollo | HBO

HBO
How did you get involved in the special?

Chris Rock
I was just hanging out at the Comedy Cellar in New York. Amy mentioned she was doing a special and I said, “Hey, let me see what you’re working with.” I went and watched her do a set. I had a few comments but I thought she was just hysterical, and she asked me if I wanted to direct the special.

I thought about it for about a day, and actually it excited me. It’s really great to be doing it as long as I’ve been doing it and still get excited about it. We talked a lot about stuff. It’s not like we ever hung out before this. I’m a tad bit older than Ms. Schumer. But I always thought she was funny and had an original take. Let’s put it this way: I thought she had her own voice.

HBO
How is your comedy style similar to and different from Amy’s?

Chris Rock
I can probably get a little more political than she does in the stand up. She gets very political on the show [‘Inside Amy Schumer’]. Amy and I is such an odd pairing: There’s black and white, man and woman, different generations -- but at the core of it, we’re both comedians and we both love good jokes.

HBO
Did you help shape her material?

Chris Rock
She had her material. I’m not going to sit here and take credit for any material. What did I do? I did what a director does -- you try to present every possibility. This joke and this joke are 20 minutes apart in the special: What if they were right next to each other? That sort of thing.

One night I gave her a note and she said to me, “Oh, you’re trying to get people to like it in Iowa.” And I was like, “No. I’m talking about two hours outside New York City.” Two hours from where we’re standing is another world. If that’s an old-school sensibility then fine, call me old. I don’t care. These are my concerns -- for more people to get the jokes.

HBO
Amy mentioned that you helped choose the venue…

Chris Rock
Here’s what I would say: They call it a HBO special. It’s not a HBO normal or HBO mundane. As director, I put all the options out there. It wasn’t like I chose the Apollo, per say. I just said to her, “If we were the MTV Awards or the Grammys, where would we be? New York, LA, maybe Miami. Where are you going to get the bang for your buck? What sounds cool? What sounds like an event?” ‘Amy Schumer at the Apollo’ sounds like an event.

The Apollo is just one of those places. There’s the rich history of the greatest black acts ever: James Brown, Sam Cooke, and Jackson 5. But also, in the last 20, 30 years, it’s kind of this place where people want to make a statement. I’ve seen Metallica, Paul McCartney and Elvis Costello at the Apollo. I’ve shot two of my specials and a movie there. It looks great on camera. It is a great comedy room. No disrespect to any other rooms but you know, the Apollo! She picked it -- everything is her choice.

HBO
Did you curate the home video montage that begins the special?

Chris Rock
I asked for and watched a bunch of Amy stuff. From that to who she is now seemed like a journey. And it seemed very sincere. I thought it should start and end in a very sincere place.

HBO
Why the focus on sincerity?

Chris Rock
Amy’s real. She just is. She’s not all show business-y and comedian-y. Her greatest attribute is how normal she is.

HBO
Did you have a favorite joke or bit from the special?

Chris Rock
I liked the whole hunk about having sex with a friend. In comedy, I like any sex that doesn’t turn out great. This bit is very vulnerable. It’s not the typical woman-talking-about-a-bad-sex-experience: “He only lasted two minutes, and he was small,” or whatever. Both people are culpable in the crime. The best bits are bits where people learn about you -- and you learn a little bit about Amy in that bit. She’s really putting herself out there. How do you not fall in love with that?

HBO
What is the key to a really great stand-up special?

Chris Rock
You need a truly great stand-up comedian, which at any given time there’s probably like 12 on earth. And by the way, people go in and out -- I would say that I’m not even in it right now.

Every now and then HBO gets it right and catches a person at the height of their super powers. The material is great, and people want to hear it -- sometimes people get a special and nobody wants to hear them. You want a nice venue and someone who is really confident and takes it serious. You want rock and roll. Rock and roll standups -- and Amy is one -- are as exciting with a mic as somebody else is with a whole band. That’s the mark.

Amy was as good as anybody who’s at the Apollo this year. She’s that good. She’s the real the deal. She writes; she produces; she directs; she knows what she wants -- and she knows how to get what she wants and make people feel good at the same time. A lot of people think you have to put people down to get what you want, and you don’t.

HBO
What stand-ups are you excited about right now?

Chris Rock
Amy excites me. Louie [CK], Bill Burr, Hannibal [Buress], and my brother Tony Rock. I was talking to [Jerry] Seinfeld the other day and was like, “I think we’re in the Golden Age of stand-up.” I think we have more really great-stand ups than we’ve had in 30 or 40 years.

HBO
What’s next for you?

Chris Rock
Honestly, I literally have no clue. I’ll figure it out at some point. Right now, I’m taking my kids to school; that’s kind of my job. If somebody calls me with a great opportunity, I’ll do it. I broke it up for Amy. No disrespect to anyone else, but there’s not a lot of people that funny. I can’t wait for people to see this special. I’m very proud to have my name on it.
 

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I watched this special and didn't laugh.not even one time.

It was terrible.
 

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I can't believe I wasted 45 minutes of my time with this trash.

It's the worst special I have ever seeen.

How did she get an HBO special? I had to watch Bring the Pain afterwards just to cleanse my pallet of that bullshyt.
 

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@Napoleon has shytty taste in EVERYTHING. Music, comedians, TV personalities, etc.

And fukk Amy Schumer. Can't stand that unfunny fat bytch. They're trying SO hard to push her as the next big time comedian. She's like the Ronda Rousey of comedy. :scust:


:scusthov:His opinions on Tech in The Arcadium are also garbage & ignorant. The next time there's a live-posting thread for an Apple Event, someone please remind me to him on ignore. nikka just be talking out his ass not knowing WTF he's talking about.
 

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I don't know when America tried to push raunchy unattractive women as funny but it needs to go. :camby:

sarah silverman. never seen such an unattractive, unfunny human being get so many shots at stardom in my life.
 

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Women can be funny when it's situational or sketch comedy, but they are trash when it comes to stand up

roseanne. whoopi. sheryl underwood. and many other funny as fukk female stand-ups would like a word with ur caveman logic.
 
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