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DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
2. Bill Maher is the very definition of "smug".
Wed Sep 13, 2017, 11:00 AM
Sep 2017

For example, when it's about religion/atheism. It's okay for him to push back against religion, but you don't have to be an asshole about it. (And I say that as a fellow non-believer.)

unblock

(51,974 posts)
3. smug is his whole shtick.
Wed Sep 13, 2017, 11:09 AM
Sep 2017

he's a caricature of smugness. that's what makes him funny. without smugness, he's got nothing.


samantha bee smug? she's got opinions, and well, duh. i really don't see any smugness there at all.

ProfessorGAC

(64,413 posts)
4. What unblock Said
Wed Sep 13, 2017, 11:19 AM
Sep 2017

That's Maher's bit. It's obvious.

And i don't get the smug thing about Samantha. I don't sense any smugness at all.

aikoaiko

(34,127 posts)
5. I don't see Samantha Bee as being very smug.
Wed Sep 13, 2017, 11:21 AM
Sep 2017

My only complaint about Bee is that I feel like she is yelling a lot, but that's her schtick - anger.
 

linuxman

(2,337 posts)
9. Can't stand Samantha Bee's delivery and demeanor.
Wed Sep 13, 2017, 02:07 PM
Sep 2017

Not a particularly big fan of Maher either, but I find him more watchable by a mile.

white_wolf

(6,238 posts)
10. Wait...they find Samantha Bee smug, but not Bill Maher?
Wed Sep 13, 2017, 02:22 PM
Sep 2017

Bill Maher is the smuggest bastard on late-night TV. Even when I agree with him, I want to punch him.

Blue_Adept

(6,384 posts)
12. That's not really the point
Wed Sep 13, 2017, 02:50 PM
Sep 2017

This is similar to the oscars so white thing before, and the lack of female representation and how women are viewed - and not just by men but by other women.

But yeah, you can reduce it to one data point. But you can also see it reflecting in so many other ways. Hell, it's almost like how Bernie and Hillary are viewed even though they're the same in many ways.

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