Mind of Mencia, the Comedy Central show hosted by Carlos Mencia, has quite possibly become the most ridiculous show on television. It's completely lost it's humor, and it didn't have much to work with. For those of you that aren't familiar with him or his show, Carlos Mencia is a stand-up comic who focuses mainly on stereotypes of races and sexual preferences. It's really all the material he has. He's been openly accused of plagiarism from several comedians, including Joe Rogan and George Lopez.
The main complaint I have is that he's just not funny. His material is contrived and has become tired. Any shock value that would have been gained from some of his more outrageous comments is lost in predictability. With Mexicans, it's lawn jokes. Blacks, chicken and watermelons. Jews, the penny pincher bit. It's stale.
I have a feeling that Comedy Central keeps this show going because Mencia is willing to do the bullshit that Dave Chappelle bailed on. You know, the overstereotypical race humor that Chappelle was originally trying to counteract. That's why Chappelle was so monumentally successful. He broke the stereotypes. His humor was misleadingly intelligent. Mencia is out in the field beating dead horses, and is doing it under the guise of defending free speech.
There have been some good shows on Comedy Central that just go missing. They could bring some of them back. Hell, they could re-run yet another episode of MAD TV. Even fill it with dead air. Anything would be better than that show.
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From how you describe it, he sounds like the male counterpart to Sarah Silverman, who I never found remotely funny. All that forced edginess. Just be funny. Of course humor is often personal and what one person finds funny another person can't stand (how else to explain Adam Sandler?). When a comic tries to outrage for outrage's sake, it usually falls flat. Sounds like Mencia is a case in point.
He's actually worse than Silverman. She says the "edgy" stuff, but Mencia pretty much yells it. He puts himself in these sketch situations where he can yell his bullshit at people where they wouldn't possibly be able to counter it (though they are paid actors, of course).
I've never found him funny. Very grade school and, as you said, predictable. Chapelle used stereotypes to offer social insights, whereas Mencia seems to do it for no reason other than cheap laughs.
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