Its funny but the other night I was feeling down about politics so to cheer myself and laugh a little bit I downloaded eddie Murhy’s “Delirious” I had watched it a ton of times in the past although not for may years. His jokes about gays fell flat, even though I used to laugh. I am not anti-gay but they used to make me laugh. So to try something different I remebered that I loved Eddie Griffins “Vodoo Child” and it was a lot more recent. But his jokes about feeling more welcomed by whites after 9/11 fell flat as well.
Times change and what is funny or good at the time must be relevant. So maybe its good that our opinion of these things change. The most sucsessful comediens are either timeless or relevant and Spike Lee has proven to be neither. And considering his message, that’s progress.
