Kevin Hart Slams Cancel Culture As Snitching In New Netflix Special

Kevin Hart compares cancel culture to snitching in his new Netflix special. During the appropriately-titled show Zero F**ks Given, Hart follows the trend of stand-up comics defending their craft, and as a result, Hart’s commentary feels more predictable and slightly didactic than comedically enlightening.

Zero F**ks Given begins with Hart enjoying some family time and admiring his mansion. The Netflix special actually takes place at Hart’s home, and he quickly explains why, saying, “I’m no longer comfortable anywhere except my house.” Hart recalls being diagnosed with COVID-19 around the same time Tom Hanks tested positive, and performs a bit about how “The ‘Vid” affected his marriage. Hart also jokes about his children’s private school not respecting his level of fame, and states that Jerry Seinfeld introduced him to brick-oven pizza. As a whole, the 67-minute show focuses on Hart’s perspective as a 41-year-old man who values direct and honest communication.

Hart’s cancel culture commentary kicks off during the first 10 minutes of Zero F**ks Given. The comedian explains that the general public “f**ked up the best job the world,” and he compares the millennial generation to federal agents, stating, “Just a bunch of walking f**king snitches. It’s disgusting.” Hart then shifts to an anecdote about being recorded while “smashing” a Big Mac hamburger, with the punchline being that he had just announced a full-time plant-based diet two days prior. After a couple jokes about online apologies, Hart tells the Netflix audience that “I don’t like what you guys have made me become.”

For a comedic spin on celebrities dealing with shifting cultural norms, Hart jokes, “We’re the weird people now.” According to the comic, he no longer understands how to act in public. “You guys got me living my life like a successful drug dealer,” he says before joking about having personal meetings in the nude, at his pool, in order to determine if guests were wearing recording devices. Hart ends the cancel culture commentary by revealing stand-up comedy allows him to be his true self.

Near the end of the act, Hart once again references cancel culture during a bit about a one-armed boxer named Lefty Lou Earl. He suggests that he’ll get cancelled for the joke, and then doubles down by joking that a rally held by one-armed people wouldn’t last long because they’d get tired of holding signs. “Maybe I should take that one out,” Hart says, clearly aware that his routine may offend some viewers. By incorporating bookend jokes about cancel culture in Zero F**ks Given, Hart suggests that he does indeed care, and probably also realizes that such jokes are ideal for the comedic structure of his act. By the end, Hart makes a telling statement about his perspective as a celebrity, saying, “F**k it. I’m in my house. I’m going to do what I want… it’s a joke.”

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