Curb Your Enthusiasm - Season 11 - HBO Max (**Spoilers**)

Episode 3 is as good as any classic episode of Curb.

"Goebbels is the GOAT" 😂

It was a slight improvement, but still it feels very tired. You would wonder why they bothered? I don't think I laughed at anything.

I'm not getting offended on behalf of all black people. I'm just pointing out that Leon is a racial stereotype; that's fairly obvious if you looked into the history of racial stereotypes in America. It is particularly jarring because Leon is the only black guy in a show populated by rich Jews and whites. Plus he's not funny anymore which is the worst part! You enjoy watching racial stereotypes and that's fine. Have fun :)

Also I continue to watch in the hope that it will improve. Curb used to be one of my favourite comedy shows, and I love Larry, so I will continue to post my opinions. If you don't like, don't engage! Worry about your own stupid feedback rather than looking for petty arguments. For the record I only replied to anyone on this thread because they attacked my opinions. And I will continue to do so, so bring it on!

Again you are putting your prejudices against Black people into the minds of the writers of this show , this shouts your bigotry not Larry or anyone else connected to the show.

There has been many jokes about racism in the show and in typical Curb fashion Larry is using peoples bigotry to poke fun and subvert what Racism actually is . Obviously this is too subtle for you.

You keep saying Leon is the only black character , there have been many black characters in the show .

Quit your white knighting , as usual the person shouting loudest about these things is usually just mirroring their own bigotry and phobias.

Ah so if I don't agree with you that something is racist it is because I am racist.

Me thinks the lady doth protest too much.

Curb has always been a show too subtle for some people , You don't think its funny and you think its racist , we have heard you , now leave us humourless racists to enjoy our show.

And if I point out something that I think is lazy stereotyping (and unfunny), it's because I'm an inner bigot??? I'm highlighting how stupid both your logic and amateur psychology are. Leave well enough alone now. You're the one who keeps replying to me. Why don't you let me have my opinion and just walk on by? In general, life is a lot easier if you do that. Just focus on the positives.

Curb was fantastic from Season 1 through to 8, then it lost something (probably because of the large gap between season 8 and 9). Larry used to have his finger on the pulse of modern comedy - he practically invented it - but nobody can stay at the top forever. Yes, his comedy was subtle, but also quite unsubtle; either way, I don't care what it is so long as it's funny. It's not funny anymore and maybe I wouldn't notice the racial stereotypes so much if I was distracted by my laughter! I'll continue to watch it out of some stupid sense of loyalty to the show and in the hope of an occasional classic scene, like Larry trying to deflate the sex doll in the last season.

Now go enjoy your "subtle" comedy with Leon talkin' jive, random sh*t and the Mexican girl, gyrating and acting insane, and serving tacos. That's real subtle and clearly goes above my head :)

Myself and the other poster had let things lie (which he had started by attacking my opinion; I defended myself). You then started in on me, and wouldn't let things lie after that. These are facts. Leon playing a racial stereotype character is also a fact. Curb used to be subversive, but more importantly, funny, and did racial stereotypes quite well; not so much now though. That's my opinion. You seem quite bothered that I pointed out something that I found jarring. I don't think Larry or the writers are racist, but I do think they are lazy, and they should come up with something funnier in the best tradition of Curb. Lazy stereotypes are just not funny to me, but others, like yourself, seem to enjoy them, so live and let live :)

I think you should take a lie down. "Warriors" like me (that is, people expressing an opinion that you don't like) seem to have a negative impact on you.

Apologies to the other posters on this thread. I thought that this was a place to express our opinions about Curb, but I'm wrong apparently. I will continue to defend my opinions if they continue to be attacked, so hopefully others will just let things lie and worry about their own contributions.

One thing in the last episode: Leon putting up signs looking for a Mary Ferguson. Wouldn't it have made more sense for him to scour social media and send his proposition to the Marys that he liked the look of?

Well he is a pitcher

Really? I could think of numerous ways to make Leon hunting Mary Fergusons on Facebook funny, plus it might actually give him something to do, rather than popping up, saying something zany/unfunny to entertain Larry, and then wandering off back to his pointless existence. How is Leon keeping a dog for 6 years funny? It makes him sound like a piece of ****...oh wait, that's what they do with racial stereotypes. Black man = unemployed, feckless, moocher, squatter, dog thief, sexually promiscuous. What next? Killed by the police? That should be a laugh :)

Can any one recommend a good comedy with lots of negative racial stereotypes?

Maybe if you were the victim of racism, then you'd have a different perspective on these harmless stereotypes. Be grateful that you haven't and enjoy your cheap laughs. And it's a false equivalency to say Curb is like Irish shows: they are made by and star Irish people. We love poking fun at ourselves apparently, but wouldn't like it if there was a ridiculously stereotypical Irish character in, say, an English comedy or soap opera. It's just a lazy double standard again.

Have JB Smoove doing something that isn't stereotypical. Subvert the character and make him funny again. Otherwise get rid of him. Larry finds him so funny, and he's a comedian in real life? Maybe have him get into comedy in the show? Give his participation in the show a point.

Yes, his surname is Black. And the joke there was that Larry found this hilarious, but Cheryl looked at him with disdain that he found something so dumb funny. As do people here apparently. I think some of you have missed what made Curb so great in the first place. It used to be subversive, now it appeals to the people it used to poke fun at.

I love the fact that so many of you are so tightly-wound about this subject. It's funnier than the show :) And the old I have black friends/I know people like Leon is hilarious too. Did they just stand around talking **** for your amusement, or did their life have a purpose? Were they in Hollywood squatting in a rich man's house? I have no problem with funny black guys; I have a problem with lazy stereotyping that isn't funny.

Also the Simpsons like Curb ceased to funny in Season 8 :)

Lots of people getting sand in their vaginas over comedy these days what’s going on ?

how did Jimmy care and frankie Boyle get away with it 😂😂😂

Anyone who thinks that the casting of Leon is stereotypical racism is missing the point of the show. One of the funniest bits of ep3 was when the Hulu exec says you can’t ask if the actress is Jewish, Larry being Jewish, says “are you **** kidding me, you can’t ask if she is Jewish?” Shows the stupidity of how PC society has become.

Thought the Goebbels scene was one of the best in years.