In his latest stand-up special (“Drop Dead Years,” showing on Hulu), comedian Bill Burr opens with an admission (profanity alert): “I don’t watch the news. People who watch the news fascinate me. You just want to walk around in fight-or-flight mode your whole f***ing life. I don’t pay attention to sh**, I don’t know what’s going on.” While out promoting the release of his act, he proves this to be completely accurate.
Now to start, this is not a complaint about Burr having opinions or even what he said directly. He is a comedian, after all, and one of my favorites in fact. I savor his ability to spread criticisms across the spectrum while being self-deprecating as well. The man embodies the term acerbic, and is potently hilarious.
The issue is that while making the rounds on podcasts and radio shows, he has been targeting Elon Musk, and doing…
