Why I hate Carlos Mencia

First of all, I don't think he's funny. So tonight, I put away my personal feelings toward him and tried to watch the show.

I couldn't do it.

A lot of people think that he's a racist and just pulls the race card (which he does) but I don't think he's a full-fledged hate monger. I mean, he tells jokes that are controverisal but I don't think he thinks that hispanics are superior to other races. But he does pull the race card, in fact, 99% of his jokes are about race. The other 1% of his jokes are divided between midgets and old people. Mind of Mencia is the most uncreative and banal TV program on the air.

This is how the show works, which looks like it's being made up as they go along. First they start out with a sketch, which is not funny, about something stupid. The episode I tortured myself through was about two penguins that he takes care of, one of which has sex with a duck. The sketch inspired no response from me. I just sat there.

And as the show continues, they eventually run out of "good" ideas and hit the streets where Carlos performs numberous stereotypes. After that, they head back to the studio for more stereotypes. And that's it. END OF SHOW.

Now if some aspect of race was enlightened or he said something insightful, you know, point out an irony or something, I would accept that and appreciate the show even if it was still just as unfunny as it is now. But it doesn't. He just presents the stereotypes. This is my impression:

BLACK PEOPLE LIKE FRIED CHICKEN! OMG YOU"RE FUCKING HILARIOUS!

WHITE PEOPLE CAN NOT DANCE!! OMG LET"S GIVE YOU YOUR OWN SHOW!

CHINESE PEOPLE CAN NOT DRIVE AUTOMOBILES!! OMG LETS MAKE A 50 FT STATUE OF YOU OUT OF PLATINUM AND FORCE PEOPLE TO PRAY TO IT!

ARAB PEOPLE ARE NOT ALL TERRORISTS BUT WE PEG THEM AS SUCH!! OMG I WANT TO SUCK YOUR DICK!

There is no redeeming quality to Carlos Mencia or his goddamn show. I've seen sketches from YouTube comedy troupes that are wildly funnier than him and they don't get his bloated paychecks. It just boggles my mind how one could find anything he does funny.

In short, I hate Carlos Mencia because he reduces comedy to just stating over-generalizations of entire peoples.