George Carlin, Bill Maher and a few movies. These are the reasons why we subscribe to HBO. I was disappointed at George Carlin’s Life is Worth Losing two years ago. No complain about his topic and style, it just wasn’t funny enough.
Now he is back with It’s Bad For Ya. I watched it two weeks ago, and it’s as good as ever.
As usual, he rants against everything, from Lance Armstrong, Tiger Woods, George Bush, to religion (again), so-called “self-esteem” movement, and patriotism. He is brave to dissect the slogans such as “Proud to Be an American, ” “God Bless America,” and “Your vote counts.” And one by one, all these just become ridicules right in front of us.
For a 70 years old man, some of his topics are serious: death and being old. George just lays it out there, with plain facts and no exaggeration, and these topics become funny. George seems to age gracefully. He reminded my pastor Ken in New Hampshire. Ken gave a sermon on death, funeral, and funeral reception. That was his only sermon that I remember after ten years.
George Carlin is honest, direct, uncompromising, thought-provoking, and really funny in It’s Bad For Ya. Check it out.
