Dennis Miller - The Raw Feed

Dennis Miller - The Raw Feed

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DVD Review: A Raw Deal
Summary: 1 Stars

Swaggering out on stage to, not one mind you, but 'TWO' ovations ( before Mr. Miller had even utterted a single syllable! ) tells me that this Chicago audience was more then just simply enamored with this entertainers less then remarkable talents. And with laughter that seemed almost Pavlovian in nature one would think that the audience had been 'packed' with friends or relatives of Dennis Miller's thereby awarding him with gracious applause and laughter that was bestowed upon this entertainer. All by virtue of simply showing up for work! Well, I will say that whomever 'primped' this audience beforehand certainly deserved their very own HBO special.

Regarding Mr. Miller's monologues it becomes painfully obvious that as a stand-up comic he commits the ultimate 'sin' when performing his craft. Simply put... Dennis Miller is painfully " not very funny! " Its one thing to be pretentious and aspire to 'say something' in your routine but its simply something far worse when you sacrifice any real humour in hopes of being relevant and ascerbic. Dennis comes across, for the most part, as an odd mixture of Bill O'Reilly's pomposity and CNN's in-house crumudgeon Jack Cafferty! Taking his cue from the far-Right Mr. Miller's not-so-unique observations concerning the Middle East, the French ( who Dennis seems to truly loathe! ), the upcoming war with Iraq, Saddam Hussein and finally the old stand-by religion grow increasingly tiresome and ultimately I found myself weary of a routine that centered around this comedians almost pathological need to prove himself as an entertainer who was intellectual enough to speak of current events. Although the more he spoke of todays issues, sadly, the more he proved himself who seemed clueless as to showing any intellectual acumen, much less understanding of todays complex problems. Of course through out his monologue Dennis Miller constantly tries to drop references to popular culture icons. All done in a cheap attempt to show how incredibly savvy and 'hip' he misguidedly believes he is. Add to this unfortunate mixture a seemingly endless amount of cockiness and sarcasm that permeates his 'routine' and it makes for one truly bizarre evening.

Ultimately, I found many of Mr. Miller's remarks/observations to be remarkably harsh and unfeeling... with little true humour to be found. But if your idea of real knee-slapping humour is your local morning radio 'shock-jock' then Dennis Miller is certainly your man! Its truly sad to see a performer whose resume includes working on " SNL " and one who had his very own HBO program resort to this contrived and truly desperate self-styled aggrandizement. Very uncomfortable indeed! Well, in an obvious attempt to find his audience I suggest that Mr. Miller look no further then his local chapter of the RNC! No doubt many of those on the far-Right will be amused by this performers endless 'witticisms' and less then sterling thoughts on todays current events. Can it be long before Mr. Miller has is very own far-Right radio talk-show?

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