Apr 02, 2007 04:52PM GMT
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Do you think that comedian Carlos Mencia is a hack?
Comedian Carlos Mencia has taken some heat recently from competing stand up comics, accusing him of stealing jokes. They also suggest that he's not really Mexican, but of honduran and german decent, which makes his Mexican jokes appear a bit racist. However, he remains a very popular comic and his defenders insist that the similarity in comedic content is only a coincidence.Help me understand who is right in this argument. Is Carlos Mencia a hack?
See media center and trivia for examples of alleged joke theft.
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Answered Yes
He said that people that lived in states that got hit by tornados were stupid and needed to get a brain and move. IDIOT does not have a brain himself to realize half the country is in TORNADO ALLEY, and God Bless the victims each and every year. Since 8 Mexicans were killed in Eagle Pass Texas on the Mexican Border last I wonder if he feels they were stupid. 1 entire family were wiped out. DUMB ASS -
Answered No
The guy is fresh and real. I am not Mexican and I do believe he's hilarious. I get a totally different message. He is talking about the pride of being Hispanic and that is his approach!!! There are a lot of unsuccessful comedians out there that are simply jealous and cannot handle his success. Comedy is an art form and so is satire. He might offend a few people but he surely amuses the majority of his audience. -
Answered Yes
He's abrassive beyond Chris Rock's style, appeals to the the LCD of race comedy beyond Chappell, and he's stupider than George Lopez. Some of his toned down and original ideas are funny but he is proof to the point that you can not lump people of Hispanic descent into one pool. -
Answered No
Fran Drescher doesnt talk in that voice except when she's acting, Rodney Dangerfield's real name was Jacob Cohen, and 50 Cent doesnt really do everything he says in his songs. Entertainers are entertainers, but their just that. Trying to find deeper meaning on issues brought up from their entertainment is like getting upset about someone having a brain transplant on One Life To Live . He's funny cause he's funny and where exactly all his stuff came from doesnt matter to me. Its funny the way he says it, so if you didnt say it first then YOUR BAD!!! And thats all I'll say about that, lol -
Answered Yes
i dont really like mind of mencia and kind of think of it as the mexican version of chappelle show. whether or not he stole material, im getting kind of sick of "white people do this...black people do that and mexican people do this" kind of jokes. -
Answered Undecided
Either way, I always assumed that once you said it a joke it was up for grabs. How can you claim you were the first person to ever say a joke? Even in the case of being the first to record it, as in Joe's example of stealing guitar riffs, that still doesnt prove you actually wrote it, you could have just been the first to record it. I dont know. There just jokes. -
Answered No
I think he's funny, regardless of if he loots others jokes. Other comedians are jealous of his sucess and the fact that he can deliver their jokes better than they can. Some comedians or funny on stage and other are just funny on paper. Get over it.
Answered Undecided
Doesn't everyone lift material from everyone else? People accuse Dane Cook of being a hack and stealing material as well. I think it is a bit of jealousy due to the huge success of both comics.