When Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot declared a temporary race-based edict to only conduct interviews with reporters of color, Dillon joked that she was giving white journalists no choice but to " blackface." He then offered to hire a black intermediary to relay questions if Lightfoot would sit for an interview. But like many free-speech advocates, he’s a target for bad-faith critics to smear as "right wing."ĭillon’s persona combines a XXXL-sized physical presence with a dash of Rush Limbaugh-esque bravado and a South Parkian skill for identifying societal absurdities ripe for mockery. Unlike the feted comedians of broadcast television, Dillon does not participate in tribal politics and seems to relish in being an equal opportunity offender. He has repeatedly been heard instructing his producer, Ben Avery, to pull source material from Drudge. The Tim Dillon Show podcast is mainly the comedian humorously commenting on current events and personal adventures. Prior to his comedy career transition, Dillon was a guide on New York City tour buses and worked in the mortgage industry around the time of the subprime crisis. Born in Long Island in the mid-1980s, he grew up in what he describes as a dysfunctional family so "white trash" that they dined-in at Pizza Hut for afternoon snacks. That feature, A Real Hero, debuted this week.ĭillon is a popular podcaster, touring comic, and uncredentialed chronicler of American culture. This was followed by a curious, low-key programming decision: Netflix was furthering their pivot away from woke by purchasing a standup special from controversial comedian Tim Dillon. Left-wing media accused the company of "mocking liberal" with the summertime release of a show called Snowflake Mountain. Celebrated projects linked to " antiracism" advocate Ibram X. This spring, a group of employees laid off by Netflix reportedly included "some of the most Twitter-active social justice workers in the place." A memo warned staff that they may need to work on "titles you perceive to be harmful" and encouraged them to seek employment elsewhere if that was too burdensome.
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