Andrew Dice Clay: No Apologies
by David Bergman
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Actor: Andrew Dice Clay, Fred SilversteinDirector: David Bergman
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 65 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2000-06-06
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Bmg Special Product
Movie Reviews of Andrew Dice Clay: No Apologies
Movie Review: Not being apologized to is the least of our worries.
Summary: 1 Stars
First off, humor is not a one size fits all commodity. You could ask ten different people what they think is funny and get at least eight different answers if you decide not to get too detailed about it. For instance, my 14 year-old niece loves Rob Schneider and David Spade. As for myself, I can't stand the two.
Which brings me to Andrew Dice Clay. I'm not going to write him off as worthless because the potential existed for even him to be a good stand up comedian. I remember at one of his concerts he did spot on imitations of Robert Deniro, Al Pacino, Eric Roberts, and John Travolta. During this particular concert, all that potential is flushed down the toilet.
At the time this was filmed, his dubious fame had already peaked and his popularity was well on the downhill slope. His film The Adventures of Ford Fairlane flopped big time and he became the first major entertainer to be banned for life from MTV, or eMpTyV as I prefer to call it. It wouldn't be unusual for someone to harbor some resentment.
Of course, that's the whole problem with No Apologies - too much anger. Instead of telling jokes, he is basically berating the audience with sexually explicit diatribes. It seems as if he was far less concerned about making people laugh than he was about offending them. There's a thin line between giving the people what they want and giving the critics what they hate. All Dice did here was rub the former the wrong way and confirm the feelings of the latter. About ten minutes into this, I just wanted to stand up and say, "Stop it, you're embarassing yourself."
The biggest problem I had with it myself was how he insulted Midwesterners. At least I expected the sexual material, but my mind is still boggled by this blatant bigotry. At the beginning, Dice refers to himself as "the original blue-collar comedian" (I'm paraphrasing here). Yet later in the show he goes on a hate filled rant about people in the Heartland. The details of which I'm not going to get into, and you as a reader are better off not knowing. To make a long story short, it's a slap in the face to all the fans in Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, and all the other blue-collar Midwesterners who supported Dice from when he was a struggling comic. I expected better, even from the Diceman.
It's not that I hate dirty mouth comedians and only love clean ones. George Carlin and the late Richard Pryor will forever be legends according to me. I also find the work of conservative, Christian comedian Brad Stine to be smug, obnoxious, and criminally unfunny even if he does keep it clean. I only expect one thing from my comedians - make me laugh. That did not happen with me here, and chances are, it won't happen with you either.
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