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Ugh.
In order to make this kind of thing, here’s what you’ve gotta do:
3 and 4 are just a matter of time with any celebrity.
Given that carlin is one of the most influential standups OAT, a lot of comedians are already doing 1 and 2, in some sense. I’d love to romanticise comedy and say that most of the people doing this are doing it to hone their craft, rather than do this kind of cheap shit, however that’s not the case. I love comedy and listen to a lot of it to know that if comedians aren’t being hacky or cringe, they are probably doing the most soul crushing, cynical, humiliating things in the name of humor instead. So this is kind of par for the course.
Took the word from my mouth. Even if the performance is as good as the real thing, why would you want a fake Carlin over equally good genuine Not-Carlin?
At best it's a good comedy show with a morally dubious deepfake gimmick. You'd think the novelty value of hologram 2Pac had faded a bit by now.
I absolutely agree.