At a show in Philadelphia last week, comedian Hannibal Buress went after comedy legend Bill Cosby for Cosby’s lecturing of African-Americans on cultural issues while at the same time dodging, multiple allegations of sexual assault over the past decade. Here’s the transcript of the bit, via Vulture:
Thirteen? And it’s even worse because Bill Cosby has the fucking smuggest old black man public persona that I hate. Pull your pants up, black people. I was on TV in the ’80s. I can talk down to you because I had a successful sitcom. Yeah, but you raped women, Bill Cosby. So, brings you down a couple notches. I don’t curse on stage. Well, yeah, you’re a rapist, so, I’ll take you sayin’ lots of motherfuckers on Bill Cosby: Himself if you weren’t a rapist. …I want to just at least make it weird for you to watch Cosby Show reruns. …I’ve done this bit on stage, and people don’t believe. People think I’m making it up. …That shit is upsetting. If you didn’t know about it, trust me. You leave here and Google ‘Bill Cosby rape.’ It’s not funny. That shit has more results than Hannibal Buress.
Tough words from Buress, and not very accurate. Yes, there are multiple allegations against Cosby, but there have been no charges filed in any of the incidents.
The response to Buress on Twitter, however, has been quite positive:
https://twitter.com/j85royals/status/524501220027666433
https://twitter.com/tanehisicoates/status/524321990564253697
@tanehisicoates Are we close to having a real convo abt Cosby's alleged behavior; not one cloaked in laughter at tail-end of a joke.
— MaryCatherineLoving (@profmcloving) October 20, 2014
@hannibalburess way to ruin pudding for America.
— Davon (@davonmagwood) October 21, 2014
Cosby isn’t mad that Hannibal Buress called him a rapist. Now, if Buress had said, “You be a rapist” …
— ben schwartz (@benschwartz_) October 21, 2014
Good for @HannibalBuress. Just because something is crushingly sad doesn't mean it isn't reality. We need more men speaking against rape.
— Jesse Thorn (@JesseThorn) October 21, 2014
Nice job, @hannibalburess, for taking it to Bill Cosby in public. http://t.co/Yjq7fnww53
— joe randazzo (@Randazzoj) October 21, 2014
I respect the hell out of @hannibalburess for speaking truth to power when it comes to Bill Cosby.
— Nathan Rabin (@nathanrabin) October 21, 2014
https://twitter.com/julieklausner/status/524311198334853121
And here’s video of the remarks:
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