Tim Minchin On Offensive Language | So F***ing Rock | Universal Comedy

[@IlastarothTayre]

Don't know how many times I've watched his shows, but his wit and talent always baffle me. He truly deserves more recognition

[@kristinestout1170]

And those green eyes don't hurt anything, either!

[@Char_siu_Lo_mai_fan]

@@kristinestout1170 and his g****r hair

[@Char_siu_Lo_mai_fan]

@@kristinestout1170 and his g****r hair

[@ripdbtpoo1441]

I think he's getting it (the recognition).

[@Nyruami]

2 Tony´s, 2 Olivier Awards, 2 AACTA Awards, 1 Logie Award, honorary Doctors degree of the University of Western Australia, he has lots of recognition. As soon as Matilda will be turned into a movie, an Oscar will follow

[@Fairy_Ukraine]

It’s brilliant. He’s a genius and needs even more recognition. If you live in a world where you might be killed by saying anything about subjective religious things - things went wrong.

[@l337pwnage]

You say the one wrong word in an american city and you won't survive. Religion has nothing to do with many "incorrect" words.

[@laurikuru6286]

That is brilliance on so many levels. Pure fucking, oh sorry...I mean f**king genius...!

[@NameForHire]

Why is no one talking about the irony in the title?

[@l337pwnage]

Are you talking about the self censorship? Well, there is the reality that if he wants to be on the platform, he has to conform to platform rules, although they do seem to vary person to person, lol.

[@martinevans1427]

Genius, just genius.

[@DonoVideoProductions]

His love for, and mastery of language is nearly peerless in our age. His songs are invariably love letters to literacy, as much as they are think pieces, satire, and pure unalterated comedy. I cannot prove it, but I would bet that a careful listen to any Minchin opus might actually make one smarter for the experience.

[@keikogutierrez5707]

Well he does have 3 doctorates 😂

[@DonoVideoProductions]

@@keikogutierrez5707 Why is that funny?

[@dylanlettin]

love the foot shots tho lol

[@maidapoix]

Es el bananero australiano!😂❤

[@jackaway]

F’ing genius

[@patrickdevlin3552]

Don't get much better than ... THAT!!!

[@annanovitskaya4432]

More Tim, yay!

[@nobody_9260]

Came back for comments. I didnt laugh this time either but i also noticed he was not wearing shoes was unnoticed before. Dude clearly has musical talent though.

[@patrickmaline4258]

we don’t need you

[@HookBeak_66]

Comedy is subjective: One might belly laugh & clap relentlessly. Another might look as though they've just I.D'd a loved one at the morgue.

[@squidzmusic8566]

Its like Elton and Billy had an AI baby! Talent plus!

[@katiefoster2783]

And mine!

[@shar1ngthemusic]

😄😄😂

[@hlqa7938]

cool

[@sarastevens9331]

He is the 21st century George Carlin. ❤

[@gofiodetrigo8756]

and people tell me how can I sleep at night

[@gatorfan3783]

A bit rough even for me, who isn't easily shocked. An idea: Tim might consider passing out lyrics before or during the show. He sings so fast I sometimes miss some of his clever wordplay.

[@coreenavenn4235]

Giving some mum's the finger is probably justified

[@biastv1234]

How do you even remember a ten thousand word song 🤦‍♂️

[@janrees4887]

Kant in Afrikaans (pronounced like "the c word") means side.

[@Nikimana1413]

Same in dutch, he was referring to kont which sounds like c*nt a little, especially how he pronounced it. Side note, is kant in Afrikaans really pronounced like c*nt? Because I didn’t know that

[@janrees4887]

Yes it is. And "choose my side/team" in Afrikaans is kies my kant 😂

[@HookBeak_66]

The lights are brightened by the arrival of Tim Minchin on stage, his surrealist ( almost Dali) comedy is a refreshing treat beyond the usual trite hors d'oeuvres passed around the audience so keen to laugh. His mindful wanderings are almost ethereal which wildly contradicts his rapid fire multifaceted use of the Australian English language. His subject matter challenges even the brightest of minds.

[@PianoDiary85]

Are you sure you didn't go to the Tim Minchin school of poetry?

[@HookBeak_66]

@@PianoDiary85 Not sure whether that's a backhanded slap, or a compliment. Either way I was amused.

[@Kokuyous3ki]

Tbh. that also means you could just talk simlish in your shows and it should be just as good as you are just using language of your own choosing.

[@daniellamcgee4251]

🤔 What is the problem with using poetic licence to create words to aid with the rhyming, rhythm, sentiment, intent, mood and meaning of the song? Besides which, you will find nearly all of the words Minchin uses, in a dictionary.

[@daniellamcgee4251]

Oh! I think I understand you now. You don't like the way Minchen crudely spelled out the meaning of those religious messages in modern form. Can you dispute anything he said, other than his stray into fantasy (highlighting some Christian's obsession with sexuality) at the end?

[@lamaisontokyo4696]

No, because that would be a ridiculous mascarading. You have to pay attention 🫤

[@dlon4539]

The N word phrase is what hip hop was battling against

[@CrazyMaryJo]

Very young Tim. He has always been funny. Mature Tim is different. But he doesn’t punch up as much as he used to. No? Listen to his CD 💿. Watch his TV series UPRIGHT. Then there is MATHILDA AND Groundhog Day. A season on Californication. His West End role in Jesus Christ Superstar.

[@elrondosocha8575]

It's quite interesting how I feel offended by this, yet if he were talking about Buddha in this light I would probably not have a problem with it. I need to check myself I suppose.

[@l337pwnage]

The funny thing about lefties, it's just as easy to make them mad with words they don't like. Different groups do prefer different language. It helps indicate what group you are a part of. Nothing particularly wrong with that.

[@nobodyproductions9453]

Why does he never go after Judaism?

[@beaudwayful]

Ezekiel 8 is Old Testament so...

[@SithMami]

...Wait, what? Haven't enough people already gone against Judaism? Pretty fucking positive we don't need any more antisemitism.

[@thoughtful1233]

The Christian and Muslim stuff overlap heavily with Judaism. And Judaism has very little religious following.

[@nobodyproductions9453]

@@thoughtful1233 But tremendous power in the entertainment industry

[@thoughtful1233]

@@nobodyproductions9453 True. But... not the religion really. Just the people. If the religion didn't have the same name as the people I doubt they'd have any cares about poking fun at it. As is I'm not sure they'd care so long as it was in a general religious critique.

[@mhart2269]

Dear God, May he find understanding in your infinite love, that even in his blasphemy, there is room for redemption. In your boundless mercy, Amen.

[@--delirious--4136]

Aah, you must have a 10 footer! Nice!

[@timdoheny-adams1008]

​@--delirious--4136 I laughed hard at that comment. 😂😂😂

[@cruxie1]

Wow, no comments? I'm the 1st? no one has a comment? Hope you have your piano with you when he comes back Timmy...

[@LS-um3zq]

no prob

[@jeffreywingham5302]

WTF.is that thing?

[@PianoDiary85]

Lol. Tim is one of the greatest musicians around. He wrote the music to Groundhog Day and Matilda the Musical and won Tonies and Olivier awards - and he also wrote this song 😆. He is also a poet, writer, actor and producer. He is very smart and very talented.

[@PianoDiary85]

Check this performance out 🙂. Bit of context: this song is about his struggle to enter the music in the 90s when grunge music was popular and everyone wanted to sound like eddie vedder. Tim considers himself super lucky and happy so struggled to fit this genre that was popular with teens. This song is his attempt to evoke his basically non-existent Dark Side. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aam0nn2Vq917eJY and here he is being normal just playing one of his songs from Groundhog Day kzbin.info/www/bejne/epbTY5mNYtJ6jtU. There are so many different Tim Minchins.

[@daniellamcgee4251]

Tim Minchin initially started on T.V. as a quirky alien Goth-like character, and gradually became more himself on stage, although still performing in character. The mussed up hair and eye make-up are residual elements of his former character. His expressive eyes were/ are highlighted for a reason. Tim doesn't wear eye make-up or tease his hair in his daily life. But I don't see why it would be an issue if he did.

[@HookBeak_66]

Tim or a skinwalker?

[@nobody_9260]

I didn't find any of this funny or genius, just watched out of curiosity. No comments probably because this is new.

[@dottester3039]

Agree. Will add, not needed reduction to morality if that's still a thing.

[@jmsanderson]

Yeah same

[@littleelsematters-vd6wj]

yeah, didn't we all, lol. what a terrible vice, curiosity. now we all must repent ...

[@PianoDiary85]

@@dottester3039 Criticising religion doesn't reduce morality. Morality exists regardless of religion. Tim criticises religion where it gets in the way of treating people like equal human beings, or where people hold it too sacred to call out evildoing by leaders of the church - eg In Australia (where Tim is from) our highest priest Cardinal George Pell knew about sexual abuse by one of his fellow priests and did nothing about it because he didn't want bad press for the church. It's right to criticise religion sometimes. Tim also raised a lot of money to help those victims.

[@PianoDiary85]

Here's Tim just being super patient and supportive with his co-star 🙂 kzbin.info/www/bejne/jHS8q5SrZ92UqtE

[@alexjames1146]

Really not as good as his regular fare.