The liberal media is dumping on the comedian Bill MaherA new special on HBO urges viewers to “skip it.”
Reviewers at MSNBC.com, Decider, Salon, and Cracked panned the January 10 special, titled “Anyone Else See This?” As “lazy” and repetitive. They also objected to the comedian's jokes that mocked far-left ideology.
“There's nothing exciting here, and nothing you haven't already seen or heard from most other weekends in Real Time, so skip it,” Decider's Sean McCarthy wrote in his review. Monday review.
Maher's special targeted parties on the right and left, mocking everything from MAGA culture to “woke” culture. He also took his share of criticism from President-elect Donald Trump, saying he might “blow up the world on day one” and mocking his “ear piercing” in the attempt on his life last year.
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A variety of liberal outlets have criticized HBO host Bill Maher with scathing comments about his new comedy special. (Screenshot/HBO)
McCarthy ripped the comedian for his lack of memorable or exciting material, noting that it doesn't push the boundaries of his viewers in any real way.
“Maher believes he has found a comfortable path through his claim to be a centrist liberal who only seems to be moving right because liberals have become 'so woke,'” he said, adding, “It's not a place for comedians.” So much as it is a place for those Americans who have already established comfortable lifestyles for themselves. “They don't want to be bothered by anything outside their bubble.”
“Real talk: Maher seems unable or unwilling to listen or learn. Just like a lot of people radicalized by social media channels, Maher's comedy is stuck in his own bubble,” he said, adding: “This is comedy.” For people who are still posting. On Facebook, still forwarding email chains, still watching his show.”
In a review titled “Bill Maher Serves Warm Old Beef in a Special New Way” MSNBC.com Columnist Jack Berlinerblau He described the special as a “rather tepid set.”
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The reviewer explained, “This is partly because Maher's positions on these issues are so well known that his final statements fail to surprise. He also seems unwilling to put in the legwork necessary to make his improvisational material exciting or thought-provoking.”
Berlinerblau added that Maher is not self-aware enough to criticize the fact that he “seems to have turned into an old conservative white man shaking his fist at Generation Z, new gender categories, EpiPens and whatever else.” “It didn't exist in 1964.”
Cracked.com Matt Solomon Maher attacked his own show by comparing it to the comedy of another artist who he seemed to despise.
“[T]he veteran comedian makes the same lazy arguments that Rob Schneider does any time a podcast host offers him a microphone and a chair: The left is trying to deny him freedom of speech, and everyone but the comedian is crazy,” he wrote.
“He hates victims,” Solomon continued, “and yet the irony escapes him as he wails at everyone who crushes his freedom of expression. (Another irony: At last check, no one tried to silence Bill Maher.)”
Bill Maher on the set of his podcast “Club Random.” (screenshot/random club media)
His review concluded with a plea for Maher to end his stand-up career. “In May, Maher told Jerry Seinfeld that this HBO special might be his last. With his TV show and podcast doing so well, maybe it's time to move on. 'After this year, I'm taking a stand-up,'” he wrote. PLEDGE AFTER WATCHING Does anyone else see this? I have one question: Bill, can we get this in writing?”
Maher confirmed to CNN's Jake Tapper that he will likely retire from his career soon, though he insists he will continue his work at HBO.Real Time with Bill Maher.“
Senior critic at Salon.com Melanie McFarland He described the special as a “lazy comedy”, saying that it consisted of material that “the best clowns have composted for years.”
McFarland mocked Maher, saying, “How's this for breaking news? Maher hates cancel culture, which doesn't exist, and 'woke', the debilitating right-wing specter that no one can define. Maher has declared his avowed support for the trans community.” “The same way all other comedians do, saying the obligatory words to make the audience comfortable with the uninspired remarks that follow.”
Apparently addressing complaints from progressives about his targeting of the far left, Maher explained in private that he views Republicans, Trump and the far political right as the greatest threat to the country due to their refusal to accept defeat in the 2020 election. But he added: “I don’t hold my tongue for anyone.”
Bill Maher discussed his previous calls for President Biden to drop out of the 2024 race before it became popular on his new comedy special. (Screenshot/HBO – Getty Images)
“Don’t tell me the left hasn’t changed,” Maher said. “So you can threaten me with any label you want. I'm not bending the knee. If you do something foolish, I'm going to call you out, no matter where you are on the spectrum. I'm talking to a different group of people who aren't ideologically dominated by either side, Democrats, independents, And Republicans don't drool, this is my constituency.”
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Maher also addressed transgender ideology, free speech, the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, his past calls for President Biden to withdraw from the race and more in the one-hour special.
