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GEORGE CARLIN - It's Bad For Ya!
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Written by Mark Reed
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Sunday, 01 November 2009
Not a good way to go. George Carlin's loss was a loss to us all, and a loss to society in the absence of a curmudgeonly voice that cut through the fog of life to the heart of a man. However, It's Bad For Ya! isn't a fitting epitah or farewell. To be fair, Carlin didn't know his time was up he died of heart failure three months after. But the shadow of death hangs over this 67 minute rant like an eclipse.
After all, age means you stop caring what people think. After all, by the time you get to 70, the path of life is set anyway, by and large. And so, Carlin doesn't care if he shocks. Some of it is shock for shocks sake. Some of it is an old man ranting. No novelty there I have my dad's phone number.
It's not necessarily bad stuff here, but not a suitable exit for this verbal warrior. He rants about death,death, death, and not much else. To be honest, whilst I enjoyed it, I did not smile once. So, as a comedy unit, this is an abject failure.
Aided and abetted by a complete lack of any extras, this is bad for you. Carlin ran out of things to say before this, and this sadly is the sound of a man trying to fill the void and failing. It may help you think, but it doesn't make me laugh. A sad farewell.Only registered users can write comments.
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