Social Criticism 101 Title


C
omedian Wil Sylvince schools the audience on things that don't make sense:

"We live in a world that doesn't make any sense, am I right? It don't make no sense . . . .You guys ever go to McDonald's, and see "The Employee of the Month" hanging on the wall? That fat guy is never there. . . . 'You want a Big Mac?' 'No, I want him to help me out. But where is he? Every time I come here he ain't here! I want a discount!' . . . .A lot of things don't make no sense. You ever go to a dentist, and his teeth is fucked up? 'Okay, say ahhh,' motherfucker, you say aaahhh! . . . .

A lot of things just don't make sense in this world. I've seen a guy in a wheelchair, with worn down sneakers. Hell, are you in the Special Olympics? . . . . Or did you ever have 'pink eye?' Oh, he's got pink eye. You better stay away. It's contagious, it's very contagious! But when you see pink eye, they normally have it in one eye. What about the other eye it's right there. It ain't that fucking contagious . . . .

Or you ever see those sticky fly-traps . . . that be hanging from the ceiling and you see 100 flies just stuck on it? Son of a bitch! Who the hell put that there! . . .You'd think that one of these flies would tell the other flies: 'No! It's a trap! Get out of here!' But they don't give a fuck about each other, just fly here and shit. Setting each other up: 'Come here, let me ask you something. Can you get that for me, please?'"





Hear Wil Sylvince's stand-up routine (transcript appears in the left column. 1 minute, 38 seconds)






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Wil Sylvince






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