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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:DVD
WOW, WOW, WOW! What an excellent stand up show. From beginning to end I was either laughing so hard or nodding in agreement constantly. This stand up is not for the sensitive type. If you have a weak political stomach then stay away. If you find it offensive to take political jabs at world leaders or moronic "documentary filmmakers" who think they understand America then this is not for you. If you find it offensive to make fun of terrorists then I'd suggest another show (and some further education). Whether "left", "centrist", or "right"...anyone with a good sense of humor will love this comedy stand up. Miller's politico-sarcastic yet very realistic perception will have you rolling on the floor. No doubt...its a 5-star stand up!
2 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:DVD
Dennis Miller used to be funny. He used to be witty. He used to be intelligent. He used to have sense.
9/11 changed the world. It woke mainstream America up, it started hammering the nails into the coffin of non-christians around the world, it had CEO's of huge American corporations getting fatter awaiting their payback for putting Bush in office, and it changed Dennis Miller.
Sadly, the change was for the worst. Once, a comedic political commentator, now due to the comic book rhetoric of the current regime where "If you dont support us killing innocent people, you are unamerican and hate freedom and suck!", Miller has become a average-comedic Republican commentator, spewing out his propaganda-fuelled venom onto anyone that disagrees with him. Before he would add "but maybe im wrong" to his political comments, now he IS right, and if you dont agree with him, you hate America. He is basically the human embodiement of the Bush regime.
Frequently referring to the French as "scumbags" and "pussies", you have to wonder whether Karl Rove is now writing his jokes. His attacks on anything that goes against the War in Iraq (thats like the majority of people in basically every country in the world, even those whose leaders chose not to listen and instead jump on the crusade boat) is quite pathetic. His hypocrisy now seems unbelievable, he attacks Michael Moore (well if you can call "he's fat" a credible attack) because he manipulates his audience, then spews out....
"These liberals are telling me that I should take it easy on the terrorists. They said that our founding fathers would have gone easier on them. They were, after all, for civil liberties. Let me ask you a question: Do you really think that our founding fathers would have put up with any of this nonsense? I mean, our founding fathers blew peoples' heads off because they put a tax on their morning beverage!"
..and expects his audience to not realise theyre being manipulated (then again, in current America, asking questions is seen as "unpatriotic"...). Liberals want to take it easy on terrorism?! Talk about manipulation!
Ah well, i wouldnt recommend this terrible DVD. But remember people, if you dont buy it you hate America and God and freedom and goodness and cheeseburgers....
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2.9 out of 5 stars
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23 of 28 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
An Entertainer With A Brain
16 Sep 2003
By purerockfury
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:DVD
Wow. Until his recent comments about the various states of the world at large on Jay Leno, the news and print, I knew him only from Saturday Night Live and Joe Dirt (I realize it's an abomination of a movie but it does have Christopher Walken). Upon reading about his various quips relating to the world today and various entertainers and celebrities constant whining, I knew I had to see his act.
Dennis Miller is a rare breed of entertainer. He talks to you, not at you. He doesn't espouse slogans and chants, he speaks with clarity, reason and incredible wit. Even when he's not particularly funny, he speaks with the mind of someone who; at the very least, is incredibly observant. He completely brushes aside the agendas of the whiny left and the argumentative right and breaks it all down the middle with common sense. He leans in neither direction but instead steps back and views the world from an objective stand point and even when you disagree with him, you still hang on every word because he speaks like someone who thinks constructively and free of the sheepishness of a good number of people. And, to top it all off, he is very funny.
What can I say... I'm sold.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Mediocre Miller material
9 April 2008
By S. Zayas
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:DVD
Even before his veer to the political right, I was a Dennis Miller fan. I watched him all the time on SNL when he was a Reagan hater and saw his live show in college while he was firmly planted left of center. It is refreshing to see an entertainer of any sort that is willing to take up traditionally conservative causes and points of view, and, in Dennis's case, make them funny.
Raw Feed, though, is weak by Miller standards. Recorded on the eve -- almost literally -- of the Iraq war, Dennis's takes and predictions, five years later, seem...well...uninformed. Only a handful of jokes got a laugh of me. The rest ranged from cute to painfully "esoteric" (as he would put it.)
If you're a liberal, and you cannot laugh at the causes you hold most dear, don't watch Raw Feed. You'll just be upset. For the rest of you, especially Miller fans, it's worth a rental but don't buy it. You'll probably not watch it a second time.
Raw Feed, though, is weak by Miller standards. Recorded on the eve -- almost literally -- of the Iraq war, Dennis's takes and predictions, five years later, seem...well...uninformed. Only a handful of jokes got a laugh of me. The rest ranged from cute to painfully "esoteric" (as he would put it.)
If you're a liberal, and you cannot laugh at the causes you hold most dear, don't watch Raw Feed. You'll just be upset. For the rest of you, especially Miller fans, it's worth a rental but don't buy it. You'll probably not watch it a second time.
15 of 19 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
A comedian that THINKS, and gets you thinking also
26 April 2004
By A Customer
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:DVD
I just have to laugh derisively at all of the one-star reviewers here. The "logic" of all of those reviews goes like this: "I don't agree with his politics, so he's not funny." Suddenly, as soon as Miller, a comedian of formidable talent, is joking about something that you disagree with, he suddenly becomes a "shill," a "hack," and someone who is less than talented.
You all know darn well that if Miller were cracking jokes for the Democrats and the liberal point of view, you'd be cheering him on like the sign-waving rah-rah crowd at a DNC convention. Don't kid yourselves, and don't take away from Miller's obvious talent.
I don't agree with everything Miller says, either. But the guy is funny. More than that, he is very evidently intelligent, and he is a comedian that makes you think. We need more people like Dennis around. His analysis of current events is razor-sharp as usual, and his witty comments slice through them effortlessly.
There is a sprinkling of profanity (quite a few f-words), but Miller uses these for emphasis, and most of the time, it feels appropriate.
I dock this one star for being somewhat dated already with topical jokes such as the "impending" war on Iraq. But Dennis' humor is nothing if not topical, so this sort of thing is inevitable. Although dated somewhat, his jokes on subjects such as this are still funny.
Here is a guy that, agree with him or not, is probably the most THINKING comedian of our time. And I love him for it.
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