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"Sometimes meaningless gestures are all we have"
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sexta-feira, março 02, 2007
George Carlin – Life Is Worth Losing 
Considerado descendente direto de Lenny Bruce o mestre da comédia stand up George Carlin está para completar 70 anos e esse show feito para a HBO é de 2005. Ele continua em ótima forma, muitas vezes uma metralhadora verbal. Aqui, começando pelo título os temas são sombrios com ele falando de suicídio, as merdas que os seres humanos (e principalmente os americanos) fazem, violência, desastres naturais, asfixia autoerótica, os excessos do comportamento humano (obesidade, consumismo), etcs. Uma parte fica até mais séria, sem risadas, quando ele fala de todo sistema capitalista, "democrático" e os verdadeiros donos de tudo, as grandes corporações. O seu humor ácido dá uma visão hilária e perversamente real sobre vários assuntos como a tênue linha que nos separa da selvageria, a frágil estrutura de nossa civilização, dois anos ou menos de distância da barbárie total. O que seria? Elimine a energia elétrica. E aí ele vai mostrando como tudo vai se desmanchando. Bom notar que o show foi feito 2 meses após o furação Katrina e todos sabem o que rolou em New Orleans em poucos dias sem a ajuda federal.
A fala inicial dele é fenomenal, pra ser transcrita e divulgada:
"I’m a modern man, a man for the millennium. Digital and smoke free. A diversified multi-cultural, post-modern deconstruction that is anatomically and ecologically incorrect. I’ve been up linked and downloaded, I’ve been inputted and outsourced, I know the upside of downsizing, I know the downside of upgrading. I’m a high-tech low-life. A cutting edge, state-of-the-art bi-coastal multi-tasker and I can give you a gigabyte in a nanosecond! I’m new wave, but I’m old school and my inner child is outward bound. I’m a hot-wired, heat seeking, warm-hearted cool customer, voice activated and bio-degradable. I interface with my database, my database is in cyberspace, so I’m interactive, I’m hyperactive and from time to time I’m radioactive. Behind the eight ball, ahead of the curve, ridin' the wave, dodgin' the bullet and pushin' the envelope. I’m on-point, on-task, on-message and off drugs. I’ve got no need for coke and speed. I've got no urge to binge and purge. I’m in-the-moment, on-the-edge, over-the-top and under-the-radar. A high-concept, low-profile, medium-range ballistic missionary. A street-wise smart bomb. A top-gun bottom feeder. I wear power ties, I tell power lies, I take power naps and run victory laps. I’m a totally ongoing big-foot, slam-dunk, rainmaker with a pro-active outreach. A raging workaholic. A working rageaholic. Out of rehab and in denial! I’ve got a personal trainer, a personal shopper, a personal assistant and a personal agenda. You can’t shut me up. You can’t dumb me down because I’m tireless and I’m wireless, I’m an alpha male on beta-blockers. I’m a non-believer and an over-achiever, laid-back but fashion-forward. Up-front, down-home, low-rent, high-maintenance. Super-sized, long-lasting, high-definition, fast-acting, oven-ready and built-to-last! I’m a hands-on, foot-loose, knee-jerk head case pretty maturely post-traumatic and I’ve got a love-child that sends me hate mail. But, I’m feeling, I’m caring, I’m healing, I’m sharing - a supportive, bonding, nurturing primary care-giver. My output is down, but my income is up. I took a short position on the long bond and my revenue stream has its own cash-flow. I read junk mail, I eat junk food, I buy junk bonds and I watch trash sports! I’m gender specific, capital intensive, user-friendly and lactose intolerant. I like rough sex. I like tough love. I use the “F” word in my emails and the software on my hard-drive is hardcore - no soft porn. I bought a microwave at a mini-mall; I bought a mini-van at a mega-store. I eat fast-food in the slow lane. I’m toll-free, bite-sized, ready-to-wear and I come in all sizes. A fully-equipped, factory-authorized, hospital-tested, clinically-proven, scientifically-formulated medical miracle. I’ve been pre-wash, pre-cooked, pre-heated, pre-screened, pre-approved, pre-packaged, post-dated, freeze-dried, double-wrapped, vacuum-packed and, I have an unlimited broadband capacity. I’m a rude dude, but I’m the real deal. Lean and mean! Cocked, locked and ready-to-rock. Rough, tough and hard to bluff. I take it slow, I go with the flow, I ride with the tide. I’ve got glide in my stride. Drivin' and movin', sailin' and spinin', jivin' and groovin', wailin' and winnin'. I don’t snooze, so I don’t lose. I keep the pedal to the metal and the rubber on the road. I party hearty and lunch time is crunch time. I’m hangin' in, there ain’t no doubt and I’m hangin tough, over and out!" - George Calin
Enfim, "the last one of his breed"! A HBO já fez vários especiais ao vivo com ele. Quem ainda não o conhece é um ótimo show para virar fã.
Dá pra ser baixado num dvdrip, mas também via Google Video. Além de vários outros vídeos no youtube.
Vários shows saíram em cd também, eis alguns: 40 Years In Comedy e You're All Diseased.
Notas:
1) foto engraçada dele quando foi preso em 1972.
2) foi o primeiro host da história do Saturday Night Live.
3) recentemente fez a voz de Fillmore na animação Carros.
4) áudio de George Carlin sobre Os Dez Mandamentos.
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