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Were only two months into the decade, and its already been a wild one for comedian Michelle Buteau.
When youre famous, they just let you do it.
And then he still went on to be president.
Fuck the Electoral College.
And Billy Bushs life was over, and that kind of spawned the Me Too movement and #TimesUp.
Because if we cant get it up there, weve got to get it on the ground.
Trump is really the straw that broke the cameltoe.
And I thought that was so funny, but also, sort of like a battle cry.
And so Im like,This is the time.
At that point, it was like the coronavirus.
Just like, oh, 5, 20, 25, 45.
If you were a white dude in a suit anywhere, you were just checking yourself.
Even motherfuckers at Enterprise were like, Oh shit!
What did I do?
Did you debate not talking about it onstage?Never.
Why?Look, thats what Im here for.
This is why I do stand-up.
We have to feel less alone.
This is our platform.
On Nobody want to see your dick:
If you get the consent, then go ahead.
I just sawParasite.That was a great movie.
I sawGet Out;thats one of my favorite movies.
You know what I dont want to see now?
Thats how you know, because someone has told you.
I think a lot of people dont want to say that sometimes.
But if theyre acting like they want to see it, then you know.
You, deep down inside, know.
Im not taking that shit where [men say] I didnt know!
Im so sorry, I didnt know that she didnt want to see my dick.
Oh God, I just wish guys could suck their own dick.
I feel like the world would be a better place.
Youre a comedian who feeds off the energy of an audience.
I am not going to wait for people to get on my side.
This is my Many Womens March.
In the year and a half that I was doing that joke, I think it fell flat twice.
All the other times, mostly standing ovation, which is fucking bananas.
And then I would update it, because there was always some dummy in the news.
I would have people say it back to me, and it was crazy, especially at outdoor shows.
My agents and my friends would be like, Ive never seen this shit.
I was like, Ive never seen this shit either.
But its fucking important.
Because its not going to stop.
I say, yes!
We dont want to see yo dick no more!
What did working on this joke do for you?
Nobody wants to be dragged on the internet.
Nobody wants to, you know, get canceled, or whatever the fuck were doing to people now.
To mention people by name in your stand-up routine is not necessarily the best.
But hes giving her all the boxes to fucking open.
Its for that bitch.
We dont need all that fucking buffoonery.
This is truly like: We have to live with social media.
How do we represent ourselves in the most respectful way, if we want?
What does our profile picture say about us?
What do people think about us?
And people forming friendships.
So anyways, I watched all the episodes.
I fell in love with everybody.
I had my favorites …
Which were …Not gonna tell you!
Come on!No!
Thats like asking me my favorite child, or favorite Prince song.
You dohave a photo with you and Chris on your Instagram.Oh my God!
I literally said not my favorite, just had to take a picture.
And no one believed you.Come on!
You know, theyre very supportive.
When I ran my hour in Miami a couple of weeks ago, the crew showed up.
Sammy, Sean, Eds mom, Tammy, everybody.
Theyre so damn cute!
Shooby wasnt there, but look, next time.
Hes got merch now, by the way.
We can do it bigger, we can do it smaller.
I think they did a really great job.
