Just when you think we’ve hit “peak stupid” in 2020, the clouds clear and you realize you’re not anywhere near the top yet.
Here’s the latest proof of that:
HBO Max Adds "Proper Social Context" Intro to 'Blazing Saddles' https://t.co/XSjj2FMpdh via @thr
— Kyle Smith (@rkylesmith) August 14, 2020
So it’s come to this?
They are now telling us how and what to think about the movies we watch. https://t.co/ARKKYqAmKI
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) August 14, 2020
This is… something else:
I never would have got this without a professor explaining it to me. It makes so much more sense now. pic.twitter.com/VUXkzNckpi
— BT (@back_ttys) August 14, 2020
It’s difficult to decide which is funnier: The movie itself of HBO Max’s effort to add “proper social context.”
I may need to buy a DVD before it becomes contraband.
— rojohnny (@rojohnny54) August 14, 2020
In other words they completely ignored the purpose behind the movie…
— I Got The Shanghai Shivers (@trigwarnradio) August 14, 2020
Maybe we're just getting dumber and need to be spoon fed that a film lampooning racism is lampooning racism. https://t.co/aIsRFpKHp7
— Carl Paulus (@CarlPaulus) August 14, 2020
Defund the comedy police
— Jonah Lackey (@JonahTVOfficial) August 14, 2020
“Back then it was okay to fart around a campfire. Now? Not so much. Please keep your gas under wraps, thank you very much.” https://t.co/kdWGT8Wjih
— Sonny Bunch (@SonnyBunch) August 14, 2020
What’s the “proper social context” for farting?
— John Cinnamon (@JohnCinnamon) August 14, 2020
To make everybody think of Eric Swalwell maybe?
But on the plus side:
At least we still have “news outlets” for good comedy.
— The Failing NY Times (@FormerNewspaper) August 14, 2020
Ain’t that the truth!
