FIRST TIME REACTING TO | TIM MINCHIN "PREJUDICE" REACTION

[@robby1816]

FYI "Ginger Nuts" are a type of hard biscuit (cookie) making it ideal to dunk in tea (or coffee) to soften it. I'm *SURE* he wasn't using another double entendre.

[@nikkihayes5411]

Surely not 😈

[@ChocolatePoltergiest]

Both kinds of ginger nuts are delicious ngl

[@vinesster]

Thank you for this. I didn't know that in UK minge means pubes until recently, so that one flew right over my head.

[@WideOldDan]

Useful information for a joke by the great comedian, Gary Delaney. "As kids we used to enjoy dipping ginger nuts into a steaming hot cup of tea. Of course, these days days they'd call that bullying."

[@MarkSlavin]

@@vinesster specifically of the female variety

[@emcsquared8681]

Tim Minchin is an absolute genius, most of his songs have an element of misdirection to them, His song “thank you god” is an absolute must hear and shows just how brilliant his song writing really is. But others like “the pope song” and “storm” are also absolutely genius.

[@craigburns7907]

Thank you God is SO Amazing!!

[@BeOtterMyFriend]

"If I didn't have you" is brilliant as well.

[@hellsbunniestv584]

He only went into comedy as a way to fund becoming a composer, which he has done with resounding success. He's written many Broadway musicals, he played Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar and wrote all the score to Matilda. And that's just the short list!

[@myboatforacar]

I also really like "confessions"

[@cmr8er8]

What? No love for Inflatable You, or 5 Poofs And Two Pianos? O.K. I admit Inflatable You might be considered a bit raunchy.

[@watts1012]

Tim Minchin is my favorite performer hands down. He is an extremely skilled pianist (self taught), his work is witty and hilarious and is grounded in some very deep philosophy/science.

[@TheDylls]

My wife and I were lucky enough to travel from Canada down to NYC for 3 days specifically to catch Minchin live! It was everything you wanted and more

[@Ausecko1]

the orchestra really gets in the way of the comedy in this performance, his solo version is soooo much better!

[@mikeythehat6693]

My Favourite Tim Minchin song , "Not Perfect" . Matter of fact , I'm gonna watch it again right after this.

[@troystewart7730]

AEROPLANE

[@MisterDarkfall]

Play Not Perfect followed by White Wine in the Sun, sure to get ya boy teary eyed. No doubt.

[@BelRigh]

I have that song on my "Work" playlist "

[@trentoncrew3985]

Pope song

[@Crimethoughtfull]

Not Perfect has been running through my brain for YEARS...along with fkn Tony the fkn Fish!

[@flip8702]

Tim has talent oozing from his pores. Actor, comic, musician, playwright and poet. His work is amazing 👏

[@skaphanatic5657]

My favorite thing about this song is that everyone pre-judges the topic of the song, thereby reinforcing the point of prejudice and judging people based on external appearances.

[@DennisKovacich]

Surely you’re not suggesting that anyone would have thought of a word other than “Ginger” when he listed the letters, “a couple of Gs, an R and an E, an I and an N”! 🤪

[@merit2ht989]

Please, more Tim Mincin.

[@user-ii3vn8tn3q]

Tim Minchin gave a speech for a college graduation that was SO good.

[@mattcee6323]

when I saw that speech I went down a huge Minchin rabbit hole. He’s a truly talented person in a multitude of ways, from comedy, music, commentary, to Tony winning plays

[@robby1816]

Thank you for taking it as meant, most Aussies can relate to the shite we dumped on red-heads when we were growing up, much more than we can relate to the shite that happens in the U.S.A. If you have a child, or know someone who has, then "Lullaby" is a song that hits the mark pretty hard. Basically anything he sings is great, even when not comedy, such as "White Wine In The Sun" (a lovely song about Christmas in Summer in Australia)

[@elvwood]

White Wine in the Sun is one of my top two Christmas songs, makes me cry if I try to sing along!

[@bernadettelanders7306]

Red haired here, well was until grey kicked in. And curley red hair - I copped heaps of names lol, even “my hair was red because my brains were rusted” lol

[@zacharystephens982]

are you kidding... she was clearly offended... she even stopped the video at 4:50 to presumably skim the video to make sure that "the word that must not be named" is referenced tastefully enough for her taste.

[@ireallyreallyhategoogle]

Nothing beats The Pope Song and Thank You God.

[@peterdubois65]

Tim doesn't only do comedy, the man writes an amazing love song. Try Absence of you 😁 please

[@simbob26]

He’s also a halfway decent actor.

[@chrisallen3388]

And wrote the musicals Matilda and Groudhog Day (Award winners). His origin story is documented on film by a friend when he was going to give it one last year to 'make it'. An exceptional Talent

[@troystewart7730]

@@chrisallen3388 the fact we can watch the moment TIM makes it big- He’s in a basement room with another act on before him. 2 guys in capes- and only capes, and somehow they made their tools into an act? It’s classic

[@Adrasdea]

Watch upright His series

[@peterdubois65]

@@Adrasdea lol I just started watching it a few days ago

[@nevyn_karres]

I love the song because he never really stopped talking about the first word that came to your head, he just kept it going with comedy.

[@chriscr21]

Tim is a Comedy legend, he has been around for a very long time, super hilarious! Greta reaction.

[@wizardflaps]

'Storm' is one of his good ones, also. Great reaction.

[@ibstrummin2]

agreed, especially with the animated video.. but if we're talking beat poems, i think Mitsubishi Colt might be better.. or just poems, Angry [Feet], is worthy of discussion

[@ianpartis2410]

Tim is an absolute genius. Singer, musician , comedian , writer. Amazing

[@exoterric]

Tim is such a freakin wordsmith

[@rerehuia709]

Tim Minchin, totally Awesome. Wish you showed him, more then you're pretty self. Thanx for checking him out.

[@tjraven]

Tim drops a couple of lines to direct you back to what the message is really about: when he says "Ginger" with a hard "g" and when he refers to a Ninja to bring the word cadence back to you. Clever stuff

[@bobb6342]

I think he’s a highly underrated comedian and writer

[@cgkennedy]

One of his best songs is Come home Cardinal Pell. He will be, seeing he died at the Vatican a couple of days ago.

[@antivanti]

Tim was a huge inspiration to Bo Burnham. He once said "basically he does what I do but 100 times better". But recently, especially after the "Inside" comedy special Tim has said that Bo has outgrown him. Tim now writes more musicals and TV shows. Mathilda is getting great reviews as well as Groundhog Day. And his TV series "Upright" is absolutely amazing and I recommend it to everyone

[@timmyr345]

As an atheist, Tim played Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar. He's absolutely amazing in all he does.

[@psychedashell]

He also played Friar Tuck in Robin Hood, he is amazingly observant.

[@mtraven23]

of all the brilliance in this song, the ninja line is my favorite.

[@lukeevans729]

Haha, well done. Spot on. He is "funny, clever and unsuspecting". Thanks for doing this one.

[@TD71859]

I'd love to see you react to "thank you god" by tim minchin. Gotta do the full 10 minute version with the orchestra. It's my absolute favorite by him.

[@annettemoore7264]

You wanna hear his take on the church lass..🤣🤣🤣🤣 he takes no prisoners Minchin, everyone, black white and yellow love him, he's hilarious 😏👍

[@SpudMcGaffen]

Tim Minchin is an international treasure, and this song proves it

[@johnthoreson8775]

You will love his videos on religion even more. He's without boundaries, a great pianist, poet, comedian, and activist.

[@katpiercemusic]

Comedy music is a whole genre and it spans from classical to rock to hip hop. Some of my favorites (other than Tim Minchin)… Tom Lehrer, Anna Russell, Peter Schickele, Reggie Watts, and the most famous of the lot… Weird Al. I think it’s really important to acknowledge that they are all incredible musicians first.

[@jwhipple5567]

Stephen Lynch too. Check out the song "Craig" to get you started

[@swoffer326]

Missed Bill Bailey

[@XENONEOMORPH1979]

when i first saw the video a few years ago i knew straight away as i noticed his hair ,then i knew what names are going to be added specially when the minge came out you not noticed it as there is some words you not have in the u.s but yes it is a gag.

[@gottagowork]

Loved how facial expression immediately went into "spelling mode" in a visual way - don't think I've ever seen that before 🙂

[@frankiek2269]

Lol. What a brilliantly written song.

[@antcollins6594]

Now you have to watch his "Storm" - in fact I'm going to (again) right now.

[@bonoroo5313]

Welcome to the world of Minchin, not the best version but ok. Many comedic songs, love songs, beat poems, he has written and performed in musical theatre, Matilda, Groundhog Day, Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar, he has written and starred in a tv series, Upright, the man is a genius.

[@KitsyX]

To make this slightly more clear, he wrote the songs for the Matilda and Groundhog Day musicals. He played the part of Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar. Not that the original comment was super unclear, but I could see people getting muddled up and thought it might help some people to clarify.

[@travisbille3349]

I’ve heard this a thousand times and “ninja” gets me every time

[@mikelee8937]

Tim is an underrated comedy genius. It wouldn't be exaggerating to say he's Australia's answer to Lin-Manuel Miranda, considering his own off Broadway chops.

[@lovelybitofbugle219]

Oh my! You should do British comedy reactions. You already have the perfect name for it. Start off with Peter kays misheard lyrics 👍

[@Roberto_79]

If you'd like some more musical comedy from us Brits, go and take a look at Bill Bailey… A musical genius

[@mariuscheek]

Wow, Britt! "Go have the day you deserve" is probably the most passive aggressive phrase I've ever heard! I'm definitely stealing that for work!! 😅

[@mrmasters75]

ALL humans are prejudice ....it's built in rightly or wrongly....great review

[@pmbramucci1056]

A song of his that is both funny and makes you feel is "Not Perfect". It's actually on my playlist.

[@DB-hb1go]

he got ya!

[@aussierhino471]

Love the look on your face when the penny drops!

[@j800r_aswell]

The most impressive thing is this is actually Tim at his worst. He is legit an incredible musician and a fantastic singer. Some performances he puts less into and relies more on the comedy, but catch the right performance (such as the "So" Live performance in Australia and he'll blow you away. The guy's a genius and probably the best out there at musical comedy.

[@johnlewis2930]

I was there the night this was recorded it was the weekend of the Royal wedding (William and Catherine) so everyone was in an odd mood and why he called us commoners but was a great night

[@madmanlabs6240]

Funny enough this song still work for both words you were thinking about.

[@glewman]

Tim Minchin is nuts, if you havent seen it he wrote the Music for Matilda the Musical(Stage) which i beleive mostly went into the Netflix Movie

[@adwood201]

In my old hometown there were 2 brothers who really got a constant pissling simply because they were redheads. Oddly enough this came from most of the Caucasian kids and I couldn't understand it at all, one day when the mob of little horrors had finished with one of them I went in and cleaned him up and helped him home and the whole way he was asking me why this kept happening....I had no answers for him because I had no idea where this stuff came from. Many years later he returned after serving in the military for some years and systematically went around and beat the living tar out of his tormentors which the local Police politely ignored, funny that. What goes round, eh?

[@iancremmins4727]

a great way to broach the subject without a pontificating lecture, nice job, (we know what he means)

[@theevilsmurf88]

Tim Minchin also wrote the music for the recent musical version of Matilda which is great.

[@shauns5680]

Love the sweater

[@TheMightyOdin]

I saw him live. It was great!

[@ChrisAndCats]

My favourite one of his pieces is F Sharp. That kills me 🤣

[@Alex.The.Lionnnnn]

Lmao I've seen a few African American people responding to this song. As it's building, every single one has this look on their face that says "is this mother fucker about to do what I think he is?" 😂😂😂 Tim Minchin is amazing.

[@ibstrummin2]

Tim is extremely talented. he performed on West End, which is Australia's version of Broadway.. including the role of Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar. then had a couple solo comedy music albums/tours.. After which he wrote the songs for Matilda the musical.. this show was after that.

[@mark2shooter]

You need to do more reactions to Tim Minchin!! :)

[@mtraven23]

haven't watch yet, but I'm stoked you did this one. I'm excited, I love to see intelligent people react to this song.

[@doctordunc]

I recommend "Thank You God"...

[@createdezign1840]

I like the way that the joke plays out to people's inherent prejudice... You think it's going one way when in actual fact it goes completely another. Always fun to watch people react to this. (OK OK it's going that way is it?.......Takes a U-turn.... Phew! wasn't what I was expecting.) Clever stuff.

[@glencarle1009]

One of the best comedy sub-genres: going down a road where you can sense the audience nervously thinking "where is this going?" and then switch it and make a bigger a point. See also Stewart Lee.

[@tbdwoods]

blow your mind even more when you realize he wrote all the songs for the Matilda musical

[@Adiscretefirm]

Pretty cool he looked at 2 notoriously difficult professions and decided he would do music and comedy in the same act

[@DkGaston]

He tried to have a career as a traditional musician for years before turning to comedy and his musical talent is amazing. You should react to more of his songs.

[@daverich3352]

Thumbs up, you got it. 😃

[@mus0rmus1c3]

He's the Robert Smith of comedy

[@alexwells8027]

Britt, you make my day.

[@kayw8224]

Yeah, he led you down the garden path lol, you and everyone else. 😊

[@tfodthogtmfof7644]

Tim is awesome and incredibly talented. I truly appreciate him making a point about word reclamation and prejudice saying something less serious and yet clearly making a serious point about a whole other form of prejudice. The misdirection at the beginning is key to keeping the focus on the unsaid and how the truths are the same. I do find it discomforting that this particular song is always in the recommendations for reaction on channels of reactors that are members of minorities. I really wish more people recommended his song Not Perfect because that is my personal favorite.

[@MagnusWissler]

There's another (older) performance of this song where it's just Tim and a grand piano. I think it has more punch, intimacy and better sound: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYexkGOnq9qbntk

[@irreverend_]

Yeah, I much prefer that performance, I've not seen this version before, but the audio is poorly recorded, and his performance isn't as good here with the orchestra either I don't think.

[@shadowswithin702]

I love when people think they know what the word is, only to discover it's not. Nope lot of people discriminated against in their own way, not just any one group.

[@Paldasan]

Oh yes, musical comedy is a thing and has been around for a very long time. I'm more of a Bill Bailey fan but I am also a redhead. Yes, we cop those names and worse @ school. Quite a few other issue surrounding being a redhead also exist.

[@glyngasson8450]

Tim wrote all the music and lyrics to Matilda and was Judas Iscariot in Jesus Christ Superstar

[@Tejiranshi]

💜

[@brittreacts]

💜

[@CharlieChan69]

You're gorgeous when you're vibing.

[@deejayturtle]

How did I miss you reacting to this? LOL

[@areviewer4647]

Wow. Really like your understanding of the song. New subscriber here

[@davidcollins897]

If great music mixed with comedy is something you find interesting, check out another gifted Aussie musical group called Axis of Awesome and their song Four Chord Song. Extremely clever absolutely hilarious. And 100% truth.

[@TheReuby667]

There are lots of Tim Minchin you can find they are all great. Also Bill Bailey another musical comedian if you like.

[@MazzaEliLi7406]

Subverting the expectation - comedy!

[@theConquerersMama]

Well done

[@antivanti]

He starts this show by saying that an orchestra kills the comedy but having an orchestra playing while he calls the pope a MFer is kind of funny. That being said I prefer the versions of this with just him and the piano

[@stephaniedwyer256]

Absolutely. The orchestra steps all over the comedy.

[@James-hx6dy]

He was great in Californication

[@sst3d]

Super sweet reaction….you have a subscriber He’s the only person in this genre …he’s unique

[@caribbeanman3379]

Which reminds me: You need to react to *Pisces* by Jinjer.

[@Audenius]

Good suggestion

[@ezaxis]

If you want to see his thought-provoking comedy without music, look for his "Confirmation Bias" clip. If you want to see his music without the comedy, look for his Jesus Christ Superstar videos. It's like he can do no wrong.

[@spruce381]

He’s talking about wider prejudices without going there.

[@jodielucarini9243]

I freaking love TM, but he was a product of his time and he now makes commentary on how own act. I LOVE that. He's fucking brilliant!

[@grumblycurmudgeon]

It's also worth noting that he pronounces it "Timminchin"... like "dimension".

[@johankaewberg8162]

Tampon, ie red on one end and white on the other sounds like pretty standard UK bullying.

[@kcrot2566]

Please listen to Tim he is amazing 💕

[@joesephkroll2056]

That's the sydney royal orchestra.

[@composerbeef]

And this is the guy who wrote the songs from Matilda. XD

[@dbugs58]

If you are know the broadway show Matilda he wrote the music for that.

[@SebastianWeinberg]

Tim Minchin took the coincidental sharing of letters between "Ginger" and… _another_ word, and he ran with it, grasping this opportunity to write a song that is as inspirational as it is funny, about keeping your spirit up in spite of name-calling and prejudice, about reclaiming a word and standing proud - all without ever running into the _obvious_ problems a white guy would usually have, trying to cover that topic. He is amazing.

[@garfnob4832]

everyone seems to miss the fact that the G-word is a dormitory term for pail skinned red haired people. i see the problem as no one seams to care that on is used and the other people freakout about. my opinion: i word is ether offensive or it is not. if you are offended by the word you have no business using it. you do not have the right to say word X offends me, but i will use the word. i take the song to be pointing out the hypocrisy of this. if you think it is ridiculous to say only one group of people can call someone the G-word then you should think it is ridiculous to say only one group of people can call someone the N-word. i use nigher as growing up i did not associate the words with the given group of people.

[@Lost_n_Found_1]

8:28 Blind, -death- *_deaf,_* or mute.

[@Maddjacklee81]

Lol it’s so obvious!

[@mtraven23]

try "tony the fish" by tim--its just a standup, no music with that one "the good book" --just fun for everyone.

[@antivanti]

This song is obviously joking on his own behalf but every insult mentioned in the song is apparently something he had been called by other kids

[@pauljstephens]

for clearer audio you might like this version kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYexkGOnq9qbntk&ab_channel=TimMinchin

[@2BigFooted]

Where do you find all these low quality performances? Between Tim and Bo I've seen you go through like 5 videos where you don't tend to react the best versions of songs.