“When Comedy Stops Being Funny”: Netflix’s The Roast of Kevin Hart

By Gary Johnson – Publisher – Black Men In America.com I want to comment on something that’s been bothering me for about two weeks now. I watched NETFLIX’s The Roast of Kevin Hart and honestly, I thought it was one of the worst celebrity roasts I’ve ever seen. And I go back to watching the 1970s Friars Club Roasts and the classic Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts, where comedians understood the difference between being edgy and being reckless The Roast Master for the Kevin Hart Roast was comedian Shane Gillis. Other comedians who took the stage to roast Hart included Jeff […]

“When Comedy Stops Being Funny”: Netflix’s The Roast of Kevin Hart
By Gary Johnson – Publisher – Black Men In America.com I want to comment on something that’s been bothering me for about two weeks now. I watched NETFLIX’s The Roast of Kevin Hart and honestly, I thought it was one of the worst celebrity roasts I’ve ever seen. And I go back to watching the 1970s Friars Club Roasts and the classic Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts, where comedians understood the difference between being edgy and being reckless The Roast Master for the Kevin Hart Roast was comedian Shane Gillis. Other comedians who took the stage to roast Hart included Jeff […]