HBO late night host Bill Maher attempted to clarify his comments about Marvel’s Stan Lee who passed away last week at the age of 95.
Maher’s ‘clarification’ came during an interview with Larry King in which the host made mention that he had just heard about the uproar over his previous comments and that he “doesn’t follow every stupid thing people lose their shit about” on social media.
Sweet… Anyways, Maher went on say that his comments weren’t a personal attack on Lee but then when on to further criticize the industry that for the very most part helped define Lee’s legacy and bash those who support that same industry, especially adults who enjoy comic books.
Via Comicbook.com:
“The guy who created Spider-Man and the Hulk has died, and America is in mourning. Deep, deep mourning for a man who inspired millions to, I don’t know, watch a movie, I guess,” Maher wrote in a blog post on the website for his show, Real Time. “Now, I have nothing against comic books — I read them now and then when I was a kid and I was all out of Hardy Boys. But the assumption everyone had back then, both the adults and the kids, was that comics were for kids, and when you grew up you moved on to big-boy books without the pictures.”
So Maher’s not coming down on Lee personally after the man’s death, he’s just simply saying that what he did wasn’t worth a damn. Cool, thanks for your insight Bill.
Ladies and gentlemen, what we have here is Maher’s half-witted attempt at trying to look as if he’s the smartest man in the room. Instead he does nothing but continue to prove he’s nothing more than a close-minded, insensitive shithead.
Stan Lee wasn’t perfect, but aside from inspiring millions of children around the world to pick up a book and learn the read, Lee’s brilliance went well beyond that. The incite fullness behind a quote like ‘with great power comes great responsibility’ isn’t something that is only applicable in the comic book world. Those are words that everyone at some point in time of their life can live by. The personal natures of a super hero and the flaws that come with that could be a lesson well learned with everyone. Not to mention the humanity some villains show can demonstrate the good that may exist in everyone despite how evil their outward appearance actually is.
If anything, Maher is the exact type of character that Lee tried to combat against in his comic books. The relentless bully who takes joy in making creative or different people feel shitty about themselves.
Seriously, go fuck yourself Maher.