Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
About 15 minutes into a bit about how weird being a kid was, 30 women stood up, each one representing a woman who has come forward so far, and began chanting "We believe the women" while blowing rape whistles. Cosby leapt to his feet and pleaded with the crowd to stay quiet and calm, but it was no use. The protest continued until security escorted them out, while crowd members yelled things like, "Go believe outside!" to applause. The show was successfully disrupted and it made viewing this as a normal comedy show impossible, as I sort of always knew it would be."Arrogant piece of shit!" was yelled twice."Please don't. Stop. Calm," Cosby retorted. "It will calm."The next outburst was an unfortunate, "Our product is steel, our strength is people!" While great in spirit, that could have probably used some workshopping."If security will… and we will calmly… let them out," Cosby said as the last of the insurgents were led out. And with a calm, cool, "Now, if I may," Cosby returned seamlessly to his act.The show continued and, frankly, bored me to tears. I have a difficult time relating to the childhood of a 77-year-old man and I have a difficult time relating to the realities of someone with $400 million. During one anecdote he went out of his way to mention that he flew first class.
Advertisement