Hannibal Burress Under Fire For Rape Jokes
By: Christina Mancuso Nov. 24, 2014
Hannibal Buress, who sparked controversy for jokes he did on rape allegations against Bill Cosby, now finds himself in trouble for his own jokes on rape.
In a stand-up routine, Buress jokes about date rape, reciting a story about inviting a woman to his home after a late night at a bar.
The Daily Beast reports:
"I was out one night, it was 5 in the morning. I'm talking with this girl. I decided to take a swing. I said 'How about we go back to my place for some food and some drinks?' Most women would say 'Yeah, that sounds cool.' or 'Nah, I'm all right.' But what she said was: 'What type of food are we talking about? And what drinks are we talking about? Do you expect me to have sex with you if I come back to your place?" If you come back to my place at 5 in the morning, eat all my food, drink all my drinks, and you don't want to have sex, I don't want you in my life at all. What type of person would do something like that? That sounds like something a sociopath would do. Come to your place at 5 in the morning, eat your food, drink your drinks, leave at 6:30 without f-ing like it's cool? That's a passive burglary.
Hannibal Buress did not comment. Check out the video where Buress Called Bill Cosby a Rapist During a Stand up routine.
A native of the Austin neighborhood of Chicago, Buress was named after the Carthaginian military commander Hannibal Barca. Buress has been featured in The Awkward Comedy Show special on Comedy Central, and alongside comics Baron Vaughn, Eric André, Marina Franklin, and Victor Varnado, and on the FX sitcom Louie. He currently co-stars with Eric André on The Eric André Show on Adult Swim. In July 2010, Buress made Variety magazine's "Ten Comics to Watch in 2010" list.
His first stand-up comedy album "My Name is Hannibal" was released on July 27, 2010. He released his second album, "Animal Furnace," in 2012, which also aired as a special on Comedy Central. The album and special received positive reviews.
Buress was a writer on Saturday Night Live from 2009-2010.[9] He left having had only one of his sketches aired. In September 2010, he began writing for the fifth season of the NBC comedy series 30 Rock.He quit after six months.
His stand-up comedy has been featured on Comedy Central programs such as Live at Gotham and John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show. He has also performed on several late night talkshows such as The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Lopez Tonight, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Late Show with David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell, and Conan. Additionally, he performed a set at the 2012 Secret Policeman's Ball at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. An hourlong Comedy Central show, Hannibal Buress Live from Chicago, aired on March 29, 2014.
He hosts a weekly stand-up comedy show at The Knitting Factory in Brooklyn, New York on Sunday evenings.
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