• golden_zealot@lemmy.ml
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    10 months ago

    The content is not Carlin himself, its mimicry.

    This means it’s not preservation, it is invention and by extension of that, it’s nothing close to immortality, it’s bastardization.

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      10 months ago

      the first two minutes or so of the special make it abundantly clear it’s an imitation, it’s intended as an impersonation, and should not under any circumstances be taken as a “AI clone” of carlin. they’re very up front about it, and the reasoning for doing it.

      it’s been blown way out of proportion by newsfeeds jumping on the “his daughter doesn’t like it” side of the story. it’s no different than comedians doing impersonations of each other on late night talk shows