William Melvin "Bill" Hicks ( English William Melvin "Bill" Hicks ; December 16, 1961 - February 26, 1994 ) - American stand-up comedian and social critic. With his humor, Hicks challenged the mainstream , seeking, in his own words, "to enlighten people and make them think independently." [4] In his work, Hicks used an obscene language and described himself as " Chomsky with jokes below the belt." [4] In his speeches, Hicks discussed society , religion , politics , philosophy and personal issues. Hicks' creativity was often deliberately controversial, with a considerable admixture of black humor. Both in his stand-up speeches and in interviews, Hicks often criticized consumerism , superficiality, mediocrity and commonplaceness in the media and popular culture , calling these phenomena tools that the ruling class used to “keep people in dullness and apathy” . [five]
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Bill Hicks died on February 26, 1994 from pancreatic cancer . After the death of Hicks, his work won considerable recognition and popularity. In 2004, Hicks took the 19th place in the list of the greatest stand-up comedians of all time, according to Comedy Central . In 2007, in a similar list, according to the British television channel 4, Hicks was in 6th place.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 BNF ID : 2011 open data platform .
- ↑ 1 2 SNAC - 2010.
- ↑ 1 2 Find a Grave - 1995. - ed. size: 165000000
- ↑ 1 2 Shugart, Karen Bill Hicks: 'Chomsky with Dick Jokes (not available link) . Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. The date of circulation is November 10, 2009. Archived March 3, 2010.
- ↑ See Vide.Google.com , Bill Hicks on David Letterman Censorship
Literature
- Booth, Kevin. Bill Hicks: Agent of Evolution. - New York , New York : HarperCollins , 2005. - ISBN 0-00-719829-9 .
- Hicks, Bill. Love All the People: Letters, Lyrics, Routines . - 2004. - ISBN 1-84119-878-1 (UK edition), ISBN 1-932360-65-4 (US edition).
- Kaufman, Will. Comedian As Confidence Man: Studies in Irony Fatigue. - Detroit , Michigan : Wayne State University Press , 1997. - ISBN 0-8143-2657-9 .
- Mack, Ben. What would bill hicks say ?. - 2005. - ISBN 1-933368-01-2 .
- Newfield, Jack. American Rebels. - New York, NY: Nation books, 2003. - ISBN 1-56025-543-9 .
- Outhwaite, Paul. One Consciousness: An Analysis of Bill Hicks' Comedy. - 3rd edition. - DM Productions, 2003. - ISBN 0-9537461-3-5 .
- True Cynthia. American Scream: The Bill Hicks Story. - New York, NY: HarperCollins , 2002. - ISBN 0-380-80377-1 .
Links
- - the official website of Bill Hicks
- Dark Poet Unofficial Fan site (English)
- Sacred Cow Productions (eng.)
- Hicks, Bill (English) on the Internet Movie Database
- Bill Hicks' releases on Rykodisc (English)
- Bill Hicks is Dead : Tribute and Biography, with related videos. (eng.)
- Chris Hall. Bill Hicks: Bad Moon Rising - a tribute of sorts Neopr . Spike Magazine . Archived April 18, 2012. (eng.)