![]() ![]() There are hardly any comics who are ballsy and skillful enough to stand in front of an audience and tell them it’s all bullshit while still making them laugh, and the number of comics who can do that while clearly articulating why it’s all bullshit is probably a group of roughly one. Corporatism, war, oligarchy, ecocide, white supremacy, police militarization, the looming threat of human extinction, mass media, mass surveillance, social engineering–he leaves no stone unturned in excoriating every part of our fucked up society which causes us all dissonance in our quiet, sincere moments, the uneven parts of our propaganda brain boxes which give us the sense that we’ve been lied to about everything. He’s a visual representation of how fucked up shit has gotten.”Īnd then he blasts off from there. He’s not the cause of our problems, alright. He begins his special after an introduction by the always excellent Abby Martin by cracking a joke about how far Trump’s head is up his ass, then saying “He’s a catastrophe, but here’s the thing: I’m gonna say his name probably one to two more times throughout this hour, and the reason is because he’s a fucking symptom. The most daring thing you’ll ever see most comics do is make fun of Donald Trump, and ooh, oh my, how brave and groundbreaking.Ĭamp doesn’t play that game. Today it’s used at best for mindless escapism, and at worst it’s used to sell products and indoctrinate the public into supporting power and accepting bullshit. Watching it felt like having an itch scratched that I’d been trying unsuccessfully to reach all day, an instant “Yes! That!” recognition which has gone unsatisfied by the lukewarm fluff that comprises virtually all the rest of working comics today.Ĭomedy is meant to lampoon power and call bullshit what it is. It sticks out like a sore thumb against the vapid, innocuous beige mush that is the rest of the stand-up comedy scene today.Īnd if I had to pick a single thing I didn’t like about Camp’s special, that would honestly be the only one I could find: the way it made me feel just a little bit disgusted with all comedians not named Lee Camp. It’s the kind of biting, up-punching, the-emperor-has-no-clothes social commentary that comedy is supposed to be, the kind that makes you sincerely consider the possibility that everything you believe is a lie and makes you piss yourself laughing while you do it. ![]() His special, titled “ Super Patriotic Very Uncle Sam Comedy Special Not Allowed On TV“, attacks everything that sprawling corporations and late night comedy pundits are built upon, and rips the rug out from underneath everything that they are selling. And if you shell out a few bucks to watch it, you’ll understand very quickly why that is. You won’t see it in the new releases column on Netflix, and you won’t see him plugging it on Fallon or Colbert. All Patreon donors of $5 a month or more are invited to join the monthly Q&A seminar with Brian.Redacted Tonight ‘s Lee Camp has released a new stand-up special, his first in over four years. We rely on the generous support of our listeners to keep bringing you consistent, high-quality shows. Please make an urgently-needed contribution to The Socialist Program by joining our Patreon community at /thesocialistprogram. Lee’s latest book is called “Bullet Points & Punch Lines.” You can find that and more of his work at, and you can support his work at /LeeCamp. They discuss how censorship and militarism go hand-in-hand, especially in this current moment of crisis. For eight years Lee hosted the television show “Redacted Tonight”, but this anti-war, anti-imperialist program has now been shut down along with all the shows on RT America amid the anti-Russia frenzy sweeping the country. On today's special edition of The Socialist Program, Brian is joined by Lee Camp, a writer, comedian, activist and journalist. ![]()
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