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Eddie Griffin: Freedom of Speech

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As a fan of Eddie Griffin, I had hoped that his Freedom of Speech stand-up special would be a bit more edgy than his other performances. But overall, too much of the material seemed dated, recycled, and just not that funny.

Voodoo Child was easily one of his best performances, partly because of the originality, and also how introspective the material was. But in Freedom of Speech, Eddie goes as far as digging up decades-old Black jokes ("branch manager", "snow tires") to weave into "personal" stories as filler.

There's also some recycling of his old routine on how ethnic women treat their men when they come home from work. The jokes about sugar sandwiches are also noticeably lifted from Martin Lawrence.

The crowd isn't feeling this performance as his other stand-up shows, and big laughs are rare. When Eddie breaks into jokes about mathematics and science, you can hear a pin drop in the theater.

Freedom of Speech is worth watching once, but it's probably Griffin's weakest performance to date. Definitely give this one a rent before you consider buying the DVD.

A good comedian will make you laugh. A great comedian will make you laugh and think. A classic comedian will make you laugh, think, get angry, and laugh again. Eddie, you made it . You are classic.

I mean what can you say about eddie. he spent this entire dvd spitting truth, and in the classic eddie griffin style. easily one of the most underated funniet comics in a minute. This dvd had me on the floor just laughin my head off. I say pick this up folks

This is in my TOP 5 of Stand dvd colection...one of the funniest men alive!!!!!!

EDDIE IS THE BEST

I just couldn't find anything to watch and finally picked this show on SHO.

!!!!!!

He goes for an hour and forty five minutes without taking a break, folks. And his thoughts move fast - you've got to think to keep up. No circling around things for 35 minutes to fill up the time. The man has an agenda. A lot of ground to cover.

Turns out, he takes advantage to every inch of his freedom of speech. He says things you are NOT supposed to say. But that's not his only schtick. His critical point of view turns out, in the end, to be quite coherent. He has a range of voices and physical routines that delight.

The last bit of the set is a series of impressions of Richard Pryor. It's uncanny. My hair stood on end. Griffin very much seemed to me at that moment to be the only comedian (Chapelle and Rock notwithstanding) really carrying on Pryor's tradition anymore.

I'm a HUGE fan now.

Referring to Al Sharpton, Eddie makes it clear from the start, he will continue using the "N" and "B" word in his repertoire! Because after all "I'm an artist". "Besides" he says "they didn't tell Van Gogh not to cut his ear off!" This is a very funny man, & he is among the majority of comedians who tell jokes about race, politics and sex! He is among the funniest. Besides, these are 3 topics that are prominent in American Society.

Not that funny either. I could not even find anyone that I would like to give it to. I'm really pissed I spent my money on it. If you
wonder why I did a friend said he was a smart brother in disguise who had
some interesting things to say about people and life. Not so much.

he starts off funny tellinh jokes and then turns into some fanatic philosipher and the rest of the show is him trying to convince people his veiws are right, should have stuck with the jokes, i hate i wasted my money on this