Shane Gillis just had a legendary ESPYs performance

H.J.Duck

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Some people say he killed it the other half says he bombed

That's what certain type of comedy is supposed to do. The reaction by the people who aren't laughing/are upset in the room makes it funnier for the people who are already laughing. But that's what the "anti-woke" people on twitter complaining about the crowd don't get. If everyone in the world was ok with all type of jokes, there would be no "edge" or line to be crossed that makes certain type of comedy interesting or surprising. And to be fair, some comedians don't seem to get that either.

"The idea of comedy, really, is not everybody should be laughing. It should be 50 people laughing and 50 people horrified" -Patrice O'Neal

That’s his style pretty much everywhere, even his own audiences

Yeah if you watch his specials or stand up on SNL you can tell it's more calculated than it seems.
 

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I think Gillis is actually funny but his jokes here just seem like he was trying to shock and troll rather than entertain. He was just pandering to that low brow cac male demo

Yeah there were a few good ones but you can tell that like all award shows he used writers (I think he talked about it on Kimmel earlier this week)
 
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