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[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

Having seen Kevin Hart live, I'm not surprised.

It was incredibly depressing that his openers (his "Solo cup boys") made homophobic jokes. One in particular was about how the comedian would be disappointed if his son was gay because he couldn't take him to the strip club with him.

Sorry that people aren't receptive to shitty, bigoted jokes any more Kevin. Maybe you and Dave Chappelle can get together and make jokes about trans/gay people to empty audiences.

Or in terms that you're more familiar with, "you 'gon learn today!'

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

One in particular was about how the comedian would be disappointed if his son was gay because he couldn’t take him to the strip club with him.

The premise could have worked if he switched it around and said that he was going to have to go to gay strip club or Chippendale's or something instead of being a complaint about not being able to go to his usual clubs. That would have made it supportive and accepting of his son while also highlighting his personal hangups.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The idea of going to a strip club is repulsive to me, going with my dad is even worse... Wtf kind of joke is that even

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A joke about taking your adult children to a strip club is funny because of how weird it would be. Hart flubbed it by making his son's sexuality the punchline.

[–] qarbone 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The original comment was talking about the openers for Kevin Hart, not Kevin Hart himself. So the punchline shouldn't have been made by Hart or about Hart's son.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

kevin hart was originally going to be in tropic thunder but he refused to play a gay character so he was dropped

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yep, I was equally disappointed with the execution.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If your humor is based on punching down then fuck off, life is shitty enough as it is for most people without having a multi millionaire laughing at them.

[–] Sorgan71 0 points 1 year ago

Punching down can be funny.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Uh ya might want to look up the term 'hollywood elite', what it refers to, then pick another phrase. 'Overpaid egoists perpetually high on their own farts' is a good one

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

World dominating government manipulating elder protocol Jews at that!

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

Oh too bad their shows always sell out arenas. Perform to empty crowds? You people live in your heads.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Imagine if these guys were white….

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I don't have to imagine being white