I don't think every great comedian would disagree with me, actually. Some humour does fly over the heads of some people, and some humour presents too much of an ideological or political affront certain people's beliefs for them to find it funny - even though plenty of other people may very well find the material funny.
By the way, I'm not referring at all to the video in question (which I don't think is particularly worthy of comment).
I figured that you wouldn't agree with me, otherwise you wouldn't be saying the things you're saying.
I guess my bad for thinking that we'd be talking about the video that was posted.
I do think "Have you met Grace Jones" is funny, but not in a general sense, because very few people know the song you're referencing. It's ok though, because it's not negative or crapping on anyone.
Maybe you're trying to prove a semantic point? Would it be less contentious with you if I used the words "good joke" or "good bit" instead of funny? Maybe you'd like to chime in in a relevant way?
A situation where someone, or many people, laugh is not necessarily funny from a broad or general perspective. Millions of people currently walking this planet would laugh at a video of an old lady falling down stairs. That doesn't add up it to being funny.
I realize subjective descriptors can be tricky.
I just think it's valuable when people speak into crappy behavior, and I am thoroughly unconvinced that Hamm doesn't actually think what almost everyone thinks he thinks about the artists he's crapping on.
"that sucks hahahaha" doesn't do it for me and obviously doesn't do it for a lot of people.
It's not exactly Peter Sellers in "Being There" subtlety. He's just talking smack, and not in an interesting way that brings a redemptive quality to it.
