Joe Rogan - Chuck Palahniuk on Censorship in Writing

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ส.ค. 2018
  • Taken from Joe Rogan Experience #1158:
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  • @immortaljanus
    @immortaljanus 5 ปีที่แล้ว +172

    I like Chuck a lot. He's loyal to the story, no matter how bad and dark it might get. Most people don't have the courage to do that...

    • @rodneyadderton1077
      @rodneyadderton1077 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I lack courage to read some of those stories. 😂

  • @irguile2108
    @irguile2108 5 ปีที่แล้ว +156

    It’s a sad thing when you must self censor in a creative field.

    • @funkymunky
      @funkymunky 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The worst...

    • @cathrynm
      @cathrynm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's the prison door -- closing.

    • @nunisthathigh4825
      @nunisthathigh4825 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      More especially when society is still calling it "creative writing."

  • @bloop9750
    @bloop9750 3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    I want Chuck to come back on the show.

    • @BLUEGENE13
      @BLUEGENE13 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I think he just was btw

  • @austinanthony4016
    @austinanthony4016 3 ปีที่แล้ว +87

    in 1992 1st grade "creative writing" i wrote a story about a boy alone, abandoned by his parents when the zombies came because they were too preoccupied with saving themselves vs. saving their own children......he had to kill his own sister with a kitchen knife while zombies ate her to keep her from feeling the pain....the boy proceeded to somehow find a machinegun off a dead miliary man and fought his own way through a wave of zombies to get back to his parents to get on the plane with them so he wouldnt be left behind even though he didnt realize emotionally they had abandoned him...........
    i was chastised by my teacher for writing such a vile story not appropriate for school and was instructed to write a story more "appropriate for school"
    I sat at recess punished to rewrite something else or face a fail for the assignment. I ended up writing a bullshit story about a kid feeling good to get out of school and eat milk and cookies when he got home from school......i only can imagine what chuck went through during his adult writing career. True story.

    • @Level_Eleven
      @Level_Eleven 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Not surprising. Instead of actually attempting to analyze or explore why a young boy would write such a story, they dismiss it as vile and inappropriate (maybe for that age but still).
      I was a kid when the Peter Jackson Lord of the Rings movies were releasing (3rd-5th grade) and remember drawing a broken sword for an art class project to symbolize peace as a reference to Isildur’s Shards of Narsil, but was forced to throw it out anyway and make something else. I think they didn’t believe me when I told them that, or they just didn’t care because nO wEaPoNs
      We need more men in education, boys grow up so misunderstood

    • @israelPoplife
      @israelPoplife 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Wow, what a story, Mark. Also, I did not hit her. I did not.

  • @Neauxluh
    @Neauxluh 5 ปีที่แล้ว +202

    Four minutes in and no interruption from Joe, new world record.

    • @mayanbu620
      @mayanbu620 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      if the person has something of substance to say i think he will let it happen

    • @lourequinlourequin2833
      @lourequinlourequin2833 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Joe "wow this is just like comedy let me talk for twenty fucking minutes" Rogan

    • @Metaltherebel92
      @Metaltherebel92 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@lourequinlourequin2833 what is it with people writing this same, corny shit on all JRE videos? It's not funny man.

    • @MasterMalrubius
      @MasterMalrubius 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Joe seemed a little off this episode. Maybe a hangover or he was really intrigued with the stories.

    • @gardensofthegods
      @gardensofthegods 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@MasterMalrubius I think for several reasons he seemed off ... he probably didn't anticipate hearing about a child having to do that with her grandfather ... and then the story gets worse where this child deliberately decides to kill a small bird and she's fully aware of the pain and suffering she's causing ... then it gets worse again ... another twist where we hear the analogy and the whole thing is rather sickening , horrifying .
      Right ? so you hear Joe going OH WOW ... right ? His mind is blown then it's going to get blown again when he hears Chuck saying that it was magnificent ... ?!
      So thats 4 things in a row we don't expect when he first starts talkin about a writing workshop .
      I think hearing the word magnificent was like a lightning bolt hitting Joe because he did not expect to hear that word describing what she had written ... and although many , if not most of us understand what the writer is saying , it still , at first feels like a stab at our sensibilities ... we feel kind of stunned and I think that's why Joe seemed a bit out of sorts ... you might say I'm naive but I do believe most of us still had expected Chuck at first to say " wasn't that horrible ? " ( meaning her experiences as the child , rather than it was MAGNIFICENT it was magnificent , meaning her writing ) .
      so I take what you saw was that Joe Rogan got thrown off balance and was trying to recover

  • @DigitalLemonade
    @DigitalLemonade 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Isn’t the first line in the book The Martian: “Well, I’m fucked.” Great book.

    • @ryanheckman6563
      @ryanheckman6563 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It was originally from a serial blog that became super popular

  • @terryhughes7349
    @terryhughes7349 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Probably one of Joe's top 5 guest/interviews

  • @RoxyVancouver
    @RoxyVancouver 5 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    Great writer. Cool to get a bit inside his twisted mind for a minute. Nice interview.

    • @publicenemy4102
      @publicenemy4102 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Roxy Vancouver 👌🏻

    • @r49y92
      @r49y92 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sickening,how is this good writing ?

    • @tommytwo-times9053
      @tommytwo-times9053 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@r49y92 because it makes you feel. that’s what good writing is. cruel realizations evoke emotion.

  • @WhatDaHeckIsThat
    @WhatDaHeckIsThat 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    it's been like 2 years and i'm still kinda fucked about the bird story

    • @alejandro62747
      @alejandro62747 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's kinda funny that these things actually exist. Laught it off. It's just a story

    • @pigman4084
      @pigman4084 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      How you feelin now? Lmao

    • @WhatDaHeckIsThat
      @WhatDaHeckIsThat 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Honestly still pretty fucked

    • @pigman4084
      @pigman4084 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@WhatDaHeckIsThat lmaoo I’m happy you got that notification

  • @geraldmcgee3426
    @geraldmcgee3426 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Literature is all we have anymore.
    If literature becomes censored, the United States of America is over.

    • @joelse7298
      @joelse7298 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      if we can't speak our truth, no matter what, and are forced to have our behaviour and our words manipulated, its all over everywhere

  • @polcastello7369
    @polcastello7369 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This guy would love berserk.

  • @raustin91
    @raustin91 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Wow that f’d me up

  • @CorbCorbin
    @CorbCorbin 5 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    The bird thing would've upset so many women that loved that book.

    • @JerseyMiller
      @JerseyMiller 5 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      CorbCorbin it's a shame because that would have been a brutally honest liberation for women

    • @SoBayK80
      @SoBayK80 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I would have bought the book were it more upsetting. Ironically, Oprah was once deep & darkly revealing . . . So many Favorite Things changed her brand I guess.

    • @bunwithgun1587
      @bunwithgun1587 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I don't think you're giving women enough credit. It reminded me of some of Toni Morrison's work.

    • @Baseballnfj
      @Baseballnfj ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@bunwithgun1587 lol

    • @joelse7298
      @joelse7298 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      sorry ffs...... UPSET them... King Lear has eyes gauged out. 'Dear William Shakespeare, please dont upset anyone' Mother of God

  • @WakeRunSleep
    @WakeRunSleep 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    5:15
    Joe- There's no way to put that into a story about her grandfather and the bird.
    Chuck-.........Yeah...

  • @coreyo3213
    @coreyo3213 5 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    2 birds 1 hold

  • @mitigiant5328
    @mitigiant5328 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Fear of reality

  • @sumuqh
    @sumuqh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Man this guy is fascinating

  • @brettrobertson2538
    @brettrobertson2538 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    this is a great interview

  • @michaelm5601
    @michaelm5601 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Chuck is amazing, I want you to have him back often.

  • @PyroNexus22
    @PyroNexus22 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I walk around my room often, when I'm writing

  • @SENCE302
    @SENCE302 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What’s happens in fight club....fucking legendary writer didn’t watch the whole podcast so not completely sure but I’d hope he would of addressed the similarities and inspiration Sam esmail got from him to make the show Mr. robot

  • @benbelzer8303
    @benbelzer8303 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is why I think theater stage acting is much more liberating when it comes to scripts.

  • @donniedoobie9627
    @donniedoobie9627 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Rant is his masterpiece.

  • @CaptainSnackbar
    @CaptainSnackbar 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This is so shocking to hear

  • @michaelfeeney9147
    @michaelfeeney9147 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wow that was incredibly deep and meaningful

  • @playbackproductions1
    @playbackproductions1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    Joe "I'm afraid to put my buddy Alex jones on who I've known since 1999" Rogan

    • @jameswood1935
      @jameswood1935 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      im 100% Jones saying his stuff, but Joe knows he can't have him on at the moment because Jones hasnt yet shown remorse for the things he has done wrong. If he were to acknowledge his mistakes on air then I think Joe would have him (probably the most viewed one yet), but right now he has personal differences with him

    • @playbackproductions1
      @playbackproductions1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@jameswood1935 I was just messing around and made that comment before I even watched the clip, then heard that amazing story from his writer friend and feel dumb now

    • @SoBayK80
      @SoBayK80 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jameswood1935 Jones has acknowledged he was wrong, and has apologized. I just don't think we can judge Joe pulling back, as a father and someone who has known Jones for decades.

    • @Metaltherebel92
      @Metaltherebel92 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      People writing this same, corny shit on all videos. It's not funny man, it's tiresome.

    • @playbackproductions1
      @playbackproductions1 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Metaltherebel92 I agree, now go get your shinebox!

  • @rpm2friedchickengasoline559
    @rpm2friedchickengasoline559 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    my 8th grade English teacher read a horror story i wrote (i was a huge horror fan), told me i was cliched & talentless etc made me write another story.......i never forgot that......so i thanked her in my Acknowledgements of my 1st book i published

  • @evanmoore8578
    @evanmoore8578 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why not put out a secondary 'Author's' edition after the initial success? Movies do it. I would buy the new cut at retail in a heartbeat.

  • @heartwisdomlove
    @heartwisdomlove 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    the gym is a great place

  • @SenorGnar
    @SenorGnar 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Give us the raw shit!

  • @jacobbunea3131
    @jacobbunea3131 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Think the problem is this man is trying to write things that will be remembered hundreds of years from now, and the writers vouching for censorship are trying to write for only the present day audience

  • @CaptainSnackbar
    @CaptainSnackbar 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    10:20 interesting to know

  • @steveschmidt3961
    @steveschmidt3961 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i love that he goes to the gym and asks random people for writing advice thats pretty awesome.

    • @nate9957
      @nate9957 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Cruising

  • @Level_Eleven
    @Level_Eleven 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Summary in layman’s terms for my convenience:
    Self-publish, or publish with those that do not promote censorship
    Also implement walking into your writing routine

  • @cheothegeo2742
    @cheothegeo2742 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I fuckin luv this guy

  • @enjoiorange
    @enjoiorange 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Haunted is one of my favorite books. I own a first edition hard cover

    • @enjoiorange
      @enjoiorange 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Gregory Frowendown I don’t know why it struck such a cord with me, for some reason as I was reading his words and the way he was describing the scenes it played out like a movie in my head. I just couldn’t put it down

    • @enjoiorange
      @enjoiorange 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Gregory Frowendown read survivor, it was really good but I like haunted better. But in the end my favorite book is American Gods by Neil Gaiman , both visually stunning and more cohesive

  • @mattreis8988
    @mattreis8988 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You can tell from Joe’s reaction after Chuck mentioned Guts that he never read or heard that story. He just went right on into the next thing. If he had actually heard or read that story, after Chuck mentioned it he would’ve let out a long sigh at least with a groan and say in that typical Joe fashion “oh my God.“

  • @shelleycampbell623
    @shelleycampbell623 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Joe love your guest im a datk scorpio... but dude dark 😂😭😂😭😂😭😭

  • @SoBayK80
    @SoBayK80 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    5 minutes in and I'm 😢

  • @edenhawthorne6497
    @edenhawthorne6497 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    We tried this already

  • @tonyalanmarchant7330
    @tonyalanmarchant7330 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I'm bisexual with only about 1/20 men I find attractive but chuck is up there defo brings out the gay in me

  • @christinengo9153
    @christinengo9153 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Disturbing

  • @michaelm5601
    @michaelm5601 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What about the word “Queer” ?

  • @Razear
    @Razear 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This dude looks like Michael Cole, especially with those glasses. Lol

  • @mssoxinabox
    @mssoxinabox 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    mind .....reality....no wonder i love chuck so fucking much STARBONES.COM

  • @offdawallgangotfwg9432
    @offdawallgangotfwg9432 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    if joe bounced on that racist story hecall the police thatlady told him the bird story lol

  • @willgold9989
    @willgold9989 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fuck...

  • @mssoxinabox
    @mssoxinabox 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh rosemarywalker.com

  • @r49y92
    @r49y92 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This guy with the glasses is strange.

    • @originalbabygal
      @originalbabygal 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Why

    • @r49y92
      @r49y92 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@originalbabygal 1:55 he later says ''that is the best thing she ever wrote'' THAT IS CREEPY...

    • @samuelgarlicl3592
      @samuelgarlicl3592 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@r49y92 you should watch gummo 1997, there something strangely beautiful in dark and disgusting moments and situation. Beauty isnt just flowers or puppies, it has a wide range of emotions and scenes that are deeply meaningful and constructed beatifully

  • @gauloise6442
    @gauloise6442 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    This story is the literary equivalent of period blood paintings.
    Modern authors think being edgy about sex equates to great literature. But all it is is shock, there is nothing deeply meaningful or insightful about it. When life gets too soft, really banal things start to infest the arts.

    • @jaspki5800
      @jaspki5800 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Pink Puffin if you don’t see what’s powerful about the symmetry of that story and think that it was simply edgy and about sex (which is an interesting word for molsetation) and comparable to period blood paintings your the biggest fool on the internet

    • @willnill7946
      @willnill7946 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I completely agree

    • @gauloise6442
      @gauloise6442 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The people who think the metaphor and symbolism in this story is "profound" have probably not read many truly great works of literature and don't understand true intellectualism. Having a hammer pound you on the head with a sex-based *shocking* analogy -- child (girl) + grandfather + sex + incest + little animal + murder all in one! - is not great thinking it is paint by numbers. Oh the corruption of innocence! lol....This is about an 8th grade level of metaphor.

    • @jaspki5800
      @jaspki5800 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Pink Puffin hahaha your self bravado and assumption of superiority is laughable and your explanation even more so but go on keep seeing simplifying and degrading all the while painting by the numbers and and bemoaning the banal modern arts what’s funny is in this discussion chuck palahunik talks about how everything is for shock value now a days and what a negative effect that has had on this generation because we feel a need to pull back and censor but you can’t even tell the difference between shock and depth

    • @timspencer3185
      @timspencer3185 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      shock is a necessity for societal change

  • @vackella
    @vackella 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That's fucking disgusting, I would not want to read that book if shit like that is in a book. That is super personal man.

    • @atom_gray
      @atom_gray 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      so ...
      you read books to avoid any deeply personal thoughts or challenging narratives?

  • @YoungNino2017
    @YoungNino2017 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Very interesting guy... his books aren't very good besides Fight Club and Invisible Monsters... but HE is interesting

    • @nate9957
      @nate9957 ปีที่แล้ว

      Choke is good