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Watching television is like taking black spray paint to your third eye.
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Birth: | 16th December, 1961 |
Death: | 26th February, 1994 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Comedian, Musician |
Bill Hicks was an American stand-up comedian, social critic, satirist and musician. His material, encompassing a wide range of social issues including religion, politics, and philosophy, was controversial, and often steeped in dark comedy. He criticized consumerism, superficiality, mediocrity, and banality within the media and popular culture, which he characterized as oppressive tools of the ruling class that "keep people stupid and apathetic".
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