Bill Hicks: Revelations (1993)

[Diogo Ribeiro]

Along with Andy Kaufman and Steven Wright, Bill Hicks is one of the most redeeming factors of American comedy. Forget about your John Belushi's or Tim Allen's or Robin Williams, Hicks was the real deal and angry, sensitive, rip-roaringly funny, acerbic comedic talent of epic proportions. Hicks was no-holds barred comedy, trampling upon his audience with a barage of put-downs and come-back lines. Where as most comedians stop at the punchline, Hicks went that one step further and punched the punchline. A man full of contradictions: loved his mum and pap, but ruthlessly satirised them in his stand-ups; was full of venom and bile on stage, but was achingly sensitive and caring off; In short Hicks was a maestro.

Revel in an all-out comedic assault and maybe you might get on the space ships too.

IMDb

Blurbs:

 

“An inspired and inspiring truth teller, dangerous and brave and scary all at once.” – Richard Pryor

 

“Hicks’s stand-up act is about taking a stand – and occasionally dodging a chair.” – Rolling Stone

 

“Savage, brilliant, funny, tremendously intelligent.” – John Cleese

 

“He never disappointed.” – David Letterman

 

“Bill Hicks–blowtorch, excavator, truth-sayer, and brain specialist, like a reverend waving a gun around. He will correct your vision. Others will drive on the road he built.” – Tom Waits

 

“Bill Hicks is as American as Apple Pie a la cyanide. Love him or leave him, but listen to him.” – San Francisco Chronicle

 

“He was hilarious, brilliant, brave, and right about everything.” – Henry Rollins

 

“Bill was right up there with Lenny Bruce and Richard Pryor. He was easily the best comic of my generation.” – Brett Butler

 

“One of the best comedians in the world: a discernable point of view, gread mind, attitude – the whole bag. He works completely for me. He was a genius. He was one of the five best comics I’ve ever seen in my life.” – Dennis Miller

 

“With his clarity of vision and gift of words, if Bill Hicks had had any more time, he might have started a revolution.” – Keith Olbermann

 

“...an incisive young comedian seen at the top of his form, on his home turf, in a jam-packed set of his best material... [sane Man is] simply the funniest video on earth.” – Austin Chronicle

 

“Being a genius is a heavy burden, and he’s the only one I’m ever likely to meet.” – Sean Hughes

 

“A uniquely passionate talent.” – The Independent

 

“Hicks is sensational ...it’s audacious, angry stuff.” – The Sunday Times

 

“Hicks displays a rare gift of extracting informed humor from randomly assembled streams of bemused observation.” – NME

[WereBear]

Se gostas de Bill Hicks, ias adorar Lenny Bruce. Foi os tomatitos de onde o Bill hick saiu, considerado um dos três génios do stand-up.

 

Consegues encontrar o video da vida dele na fnac, por 7€.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071746/

 

Podes também procurar por Sarah Silverman. Não é humor de intervenção, mas é edgie.

[WereBear]

http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=lenn...h=&start=10

 

Aqui está um link dum documentário sobre a vida dele muito bom. Tenho que o sacar, pois já há alguns tempos que tinha sido banido do youtube/googlevideos.

[Diogo Ribeiro]

thanx

 

se alguém aqui podia fazer um comentário, tu serias com certeza o mais qualificado

 

vou dar uma checkada

[Diogo Ribeiro]

tive as ver algumas cenas do Lenny Bruce, o gajo é irlandês? Tem um sotaque bue esquisito.

Ya o gajo tinha-os no síto pra a altura em foi. Preso n sei quantas vezes por delitos de "palavra" lol

Mas acho o humor do Hicks mais incisivo, natural, e abrangente, acho o Bruce mais provocação que humor, no bom sentido.

Mas como em tudo existem precursores (baterdores) que abrem o caminho.

[WereBear]

Lenny Bruce é Americano. Creio que os pais dele é que têm descendências.

 

Ambos usam o que se chama humor de intervenção, ou seja, vais para um espectáculo para eles te abrirem os olhos. Basicamente criticam e tentam concertar certos taboos da sociedade como ganza, racismo, etc.. com um ponto de vista liberal, lógico e principalmente com piada.

 

O incrível do lenny bruce, que para um comediante de 1976 ainda está 100% actual.

 

Se vires o filme que eu te dei, vais ver que a censura foi o que o levou ao suicídio. No documentário, vês que a vida dele foi feita num inferno quando começou a criticar a religião.

 

São ambos bons, têm ambos o mesmo estilo. É preciso ter muita piada para usar esse estilo de humor, que não é só de difícil escrita e inspiração, como é apreciado por pouca gente por ser tão verdadeiro. Nesse estilo, só conheço esses dois.

 

 

Mais alguma dúvida em que a TMN possa ajudar? Então em meu nome e da TMN, agradecemos o seu contacto, um bom fim de semana e até já.

[M&Ms]

Bill Hicks muuuuito bom, caustico mesmo!

 

 

[kindernetic]

Se gostas de Bill Hicks, ias adorar Lenny Bruce. Foi os tomatitos de onde o Bill hick saiu, considerado um dos três génios do stand-up.

 

Consegues encontrar o video da vida dele na fnac, por 7€.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071746/

 

Podes também procurar por Sarah Silverman. Não é humor de intervenção, mas é edgie.

 

 

O Hicks é mesmo mto bom....e como ele ainda consegue ser actual, é surpreendente.

 

A Sarah silverman, é diferente, é mto mais incisiva e directa...o arraso q ela mandou na Paris hilton, no Mtv awards, é de chorar a rir !

 

O Lenny desconheço, mas vou procurar

[Natti]

The world is like a ride at an amusement park. And when you choose to go on it, you think that it's real because that's how powerful our minds are. And the ride goes up and down and round and round. It has thrills and chills, and it's very brightly coloured, and it's very loud and it's fun, for a while. Some people have been on the ride for a long time, and they begin to question - is this real, or is this just a ride? And other people have remembered, and they come back to us. They say 'Hey! Don't worry, don't be afraid, ever, because, this is just a ride.' And we...kill those people. Ha ha ha. 'Shut him up! We have a lot invested in this ride. SHUT HIM UP! Look at my furrows of worry. Look at my big bank account and family. This just has to be real.' It's just a ride. But we always kill those good guys who try and tell us that, you ever notice that? And let the demons run amok. But it doesn't matter because: it's just a ride. And we can change it anytime we want. It's only a choice. No effort, no work, no job, no savings, and money. A choice, right now, between fear and love. The eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on your doors, buy guns, close yourselves off. The eyes of love, instead, see all of us as one. Here's what you can do to change the world, right now, to a better ride. Take all that money that we spend on weapons and defence each year, and instead spend it feeding, clothing and educating the poor of the world, which it would many times over, not one human being excluded, and we could explore space, together, both inner and outer, for ever, in peace.

 

Bill Hicks

[M&Ms]

Lenny Bruce vou pesquisar, mas o que me parte a moina mesmo toda desde já há bastante tenpo é o Eddie Izzard (The Master)

 

 

 

[freeK]

Bill Hicks é (era..) fantástico.

 

pelas suas próprias palavras, parecia um gajo bem amargurado..com um sentido de humor cáustico, a condizer. um verdadeiro soco no estômago em muitas matérias 'delicadas' - gosto particularmente dos comentários sobre tabaco

[Rinkabrinka]

ahah bill hicks rula!

 

"the prince of peace is back... but he's pissed off!!!"

"hey it's jesus!! he's back! he's yelling something about the cross but i didn'....treuxxx treuxxx! jesus..."

 

 

 

PS: george carlin tb é muito bom