Dec. 10, 2023
John Mulaney's Dark but Hilarious Show: A Closer Look
John Mulaney recently sat down with Deadline to discuss his thoughts on his show, the intervention it was based on, and much more
In the interview, Mulaney opens up about his detox experience and how it led to the creation of his dark but incredibly...
John Mulaney recently sat down with Deadline to discuss his thoughts on his show, the intervention it was based on, and much more
In the interview, Mulaney opens up about his detox experience and how it led to the creation of his dark but incredibly funny comedy special. He reveals that he even ranked the speeches delivered during the intervention, showcasing his unique humor even in such a serious situation.
One interesting aspect Mulaney mentions is how some people viewed his special as darker than he initially intended. He wanted to present a joke-driven special that tackled complex and sad topics, but he never expected it to be perceived as so dark. Regardless, he's flattered and appreciative that people are engaging in deep discussions about it.
Now, let's talk about that suit! Mulaney was asked about the fuchsia suit he wore during the special, and he hilariously admits to not being a great color person. After looking up fuchsia, he describes it as a vivid pinkish purplish red color, but adds that it could be seen differently depending on individual color settings.
Moving on, Mulaney receives compliments on his athletic build, even as an addict. He admits that nobody has ever said that to him before, and he finds it amusing considering the unhealthy means he employed to maintain his physique during the pandemic.
Jaosn Zinoman looked at the talented comedians featured in the new showcases on Netflix. The likes of Dulce Sloan, Nimesh Patel, Rosebud Baker, Gianmarco Soresii, and more are mentioned. It looks like Netflix has compiled a fantastic lineup, carefully selecting fresh and seasoned performers that will make you laugh till your sides hurt.
Shifting gears, Kathy Griffin's perspective on owning her own material. Griffin expresses excitement for her legacy after passing away and anticipates receiving more recognition once away from this world. She fondly recalls her show, "My Life on the D List," and the impact it had on fans. It was genuine, real, and something that people can't seem to forget.
As the interview wraps up, Griffin shares some invaluable advice for new comics approached to do specials. She stresses the importance of gaining licensing money and the power it provides. Griffin acknowledges the challenges faced by female comedians in a male-dominated industry but encourages aspiring artists to take control of their own content whenever possible.
Marlon Wayans discusses cancel culture, emphasizing his unwavering support for artists and his respect for Dave Chappelle. Tom Segura chimes in, shedding light on the stark contrast between social media outrage and the real-world reactions he witnesses as a touring comic. He highlights the importance of audience understanding and intent in delivering jokes that can touch even sensitive subjects.
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Kalaroga Shark Media. Hello, I'm
Johnny Mack with your daily comedy news.
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John m'liney Toild Deadline. Once I
left Detox, I started to thinking about
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the intervention. I called my friend
Joe Manny to kind of get a handle
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on what had happened there, and
he said it was extremely funny that I
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was giving notes on each person's letter
after they read it, and I told
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him after the intervention how I ranked
the speeches. He helped me see how
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the dynamic was funny right away.
Mlanie said he was intrigued to see that
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some people consider the special to be
dark. It's digested. It's darker than
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I thought, and that sounds odd, I know, because of the subject
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matter. But my goal was to
present this as funny as possible with no
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dramatic pauses. I wanted it to
be a joke driven special about something that's
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complex and said and a little scary, but as a ton of very specific
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details. That's what I wanted to
get across. People might go this is
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harder sat or darker disturbing. I
really am flattered and happy that's been reviewed
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in disgust. That's what I like
the most is that people talked about it.
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They asked him about his suit.
Was it fusha. M'laney said,
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well, let me look up fuscha
because I'm not a great color person.
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Fusia is a vivid pinkish purplish red
color, named after the color of the
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flower, the fuchia plant. Okay, so we have the suit, and
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then we have the color correct,
then we have your own screen. So
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I don't know. I'm not going
to say you didn't experience fuchia. You
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might have. I don't know your
color settings. It's like a light of
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burgundy. I really love that suit
I got in England this place called well,
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I won't say where in case they
don't want me sharing this, but
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they make King Charles pajamas and he
really likes bright colored jammys. He goes
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to bed looking like a big bowl
of fruit. They asked him about divorce
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jokes, and Malini said, just
wasn't something I was going to get into.
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Very short answer. There, I
respect that deadline followed that up with
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there's another great joke. And you're
special about how even as an addict,
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you look better than so many people
because of your athletic build and you look
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great and m'liney said, well,
I've never had anyone, let alone a
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journalist, say that I have an
athletic build. So I can't thank you
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enough for that, And congratulations of
being the first person ever to say that
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I'm walking on air right now.
It was mid pandemic when a lot of
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people would put on some weight and
a lot of people were home and I
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was out, So I was just
dressed up a little and had remain velt
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through pretty unhealthy means. Everyone when
there was adorable in their own way.
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There was more kidding that they looked
like crap. Good stuff as always.
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From Jason Zinnemann in The New York
Times. He was writing about Netflix's effect
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on comedy and said, it's unclear
how much the streaming service, known for
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specials by boldface names like Milanie and
Adam Sandler, cares about minting stars.
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That's why Netflix is verified as important. It's two showcases each about an hour,
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featuring emerging comics doing short sets.
There's a promising precedent. Back in
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twenty eighteen, Netflix aired the comedy
Lineup, which was relative on knowns,
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doing fifteen minutes. From that group, three of them were Taylor Tomlinson,
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Michelle but So and Sam Jay.
You know those names. Tim Dillon was
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another one and another's been a head
writer and sidekick on late night, specifically
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James Cordon's Ian Carmel comedy lineup didn't
vault these performers to fame, but it
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helped, and in retrospect, the
selection of the entire group, which also
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included Jack Knight, Phil Wang and
Sabrina Jayley's What a great collection of comedians,
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reflected foresight and taste. The artists
in the new showcases are not exactly
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newcomers. There's Dulce Sloan from The
Daily Show, Nimesh Patel, Leslie Lau,
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Rosebud Baker, who I feel is
like kind of known. Maybe I
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just do this podcast every day and
most people don't know rosebud Baker. I
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know John Marcos Siresi, who I'm
a big fan of. As part of
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this, Let's see Zinnamon writes,
Patel takes a leisurely paced mixing crowd work
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on topical jokes, including some solid
roasting of effec Ramaswani, Buttel makes it
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seem like a casual offhand another night
at the club, But Dulce Sloan may
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adjust to the form best because she
starts quickly, ends abruptly, and sticks
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to a couple non topical subjects,
including a bit about the benefits of dating
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a poor man. One of the
revelations for Jason Zinneman was Sabrina Wu,
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who barrels into jokes with a nervous
energy, then exploits it. This is
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making me want to watch this tonight. I haven't gotten around to it yet.
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There's so much football. I watch
football on Sunday night, Monday night,
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Thursday night, Wednesday night, I
go to trivia. It only leaves
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three nights and I have to play
video games one night. Sabrina Wu barrels
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into jokes with a nervous energy,
then exploits it. WUS standout bit Spoilers
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involves talking trash about Amanda Gorman,
the former National Youth pote Laureate, at
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a contest early in her career,
then describing the futility of a rivalry with
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her. John Marco SERRESI jokes spoilers. I just feel if white people would
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stop complaining all the time about cancel
culture and actually fought for racial equality,
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then all of us could do the
Chinese accent again. Lewis Katz, a
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bald, filthy veteran comic with slingshot
punchlines, opens his new release special Present
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Tense with better known comics, explaining
why he never became famous. Nate Pergatzy
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says he's too dirty, Mark Marion
points to his hairline, David Tell blames
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personality, and David Drake begins his
latest YouTube special with a pointed joke that
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is the ring of truth. Here's
how you make it in this business.
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I have a famous dad. Eight
hundred pound Gerrilla wrote about John Marco and
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asked him how he picked the ten
minutes that he used in the showcase I
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just discussed. John Marco said,
the biggest chunk of the set came from
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a never aired Don't Tell comedy set. I did it earlier this year,
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never aired because it bombed. I
tried doing all my Gun Show material to
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open the set. Not to blame
LA audiences, but let's just say once
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so badly. I called my girlfriend
the next day at six am from the
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Delta Lounge. Henry Winkler was also
there, but thankfully I don't think he
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noticed me. But I loved that
bit and I wanted to get it out
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there before Gun violence in America stopped
being a thing? Did you know who
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was going to be part of Verified
before the taping? Who are you looking
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forward to sharing the stage with?
Jen Marco said, I'm still not sure
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who was there, but I walked
away being a bigger fan of Jay Jurden,
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who opened both tapings with his signature
joke dense act that fully prepared the
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audience for stand up comedy. He
discussed filming it at Webster Hall and said,
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fortunately the team for this taping partially
curated the audience from people who were
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fans of comics in the lineup.
This probably meant there were a disproportional number
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of Nimesh Patel fans there, but
luckily they and everyone else came to laugh.
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Kathy Griffin spoke to Variety about buying
back her own material. Kathy said,
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it makes me very excited for my
legacy. When I crook, I
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have a theory that when I'm dead, I'm gonna get a lot of props.
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I almost can't wait. I think
once I crook, I'm gonna get
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one of those docu series and maybe
Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen will cry near
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z Eve can be a hole in
Memoriam and anybody who screwed me over will
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feel guilty. Can you see what
a healthy person I am. I hadn't
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watched My Life on the D List
since ad aired. I only rewatched episode
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one reason. I am so thrilled
when people mention that show or said that'd
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watch it with friends or their family. I've got a lot of guys be
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like I came out because of your
show. My mom and I would watch
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it together. I'm so proud because
that was a show that was really real.
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We overshot the stuff out of it. It was eight episodes a year,
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and we would film for six months. They just followed me around and
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hope I did funny stuff. I
think maybe people miss it because they know
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that good, bad, or indifferent
was all genuine. What advice Kathy would
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you give to new comics being approached
to do specials? Kathy said, I
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would tell them the best thing you
can do is get licensing money, which
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is very difficult. After doing specials
at Bravo for many years, I finally
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got them to just give me a
sum of money, and then I got
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to choose the production company and do
the budget. That's probably why I have
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so many enemies in the executive world
because that's how the guys do it.
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I thought I earned a place to
be able to have that kind of power,
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But I'm sad to say it's always
tricky when you're a chick. So
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I'm thrilled that I have ownership.
It's hard because a lot of the dudes
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assigned the checks. If they're not
a fan, you're kind of screwed.
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So if you can do your own
stuff, do it, or can do
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it super cheap all yourself. That's
the way to do it because then you
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give a buyer the product and can
go this is what I do. Do
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you want it or not? And
if not? Young people are much more
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enterprising than I am about social media. I'm sitting here at sixty three,
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still working hard trying to be a
TikToker. Today, my San Francisco forty
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nine ers take on the Seattle Seahawks. Will Ferrell has some advice for the
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Seahawks. I'd say, guys,
we're gonna paunt on third down every series
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and we're just gonna We're not going
to control the ball. Let's not worry
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about it. I don't know,
I don't know what I don't know what
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you do about the forty nine ers. Right Variety spoke to Marlon Wayans about
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cancel culture. Marlin said, I'm
as much a comedian as I am a
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black man. I'm always gonna protect
comedians. Dave Schpelle's a dear friend.
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I love him to death, and
I have a trans son. I could
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give him my opinions, but he
has every right to feel out. He
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wants me as a parent. When
I do my special, I'll handle it
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differently. And that same article,
Samsa Gore said, people in entertainment still
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see stand up as the lowest rung, like we're effing's circus jugglers. Listen,
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Meryl Streep would crap her pants if
she had to do stand up.
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So Gora argue that the outrage that
infest social media doesn't reflect what he's seeing
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on the road. He said,
go to the clubs. You see somebody
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go for the joke and you can't
describe it. It pops, audiences go
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nuts. They're looking for people to
make these jokes. It's like there's two
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realities. Some people believe the reality
online is real, it's not the real
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world. Matt Rife said, it
comes down to your objective what's your intention
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in saying some reckless stuff right now? Are you trying to upset somebody?
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You're trying to make light of certain
subjects. He said, all this before
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the recent controversies. It's a weekend. I've held on to the story for
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a couple weeks. That way,
it doesn't take up such a negative space
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in someone's mind, and they can
laugh about something they may have brought them
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so much grief and discomfort. If
audiences can tell you're coming from a good
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place, he says, sensitivity isn't
an issue. Audiences can sense intent.
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The reason comics can get away with
saying some crazy stuff is because the audience
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knows who you are that has aged
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Kalaroga Shark Media. Hello, I'm
Johnny Mack with your daily comedy news.
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John m'liney Toild Deadline. Once I
left Detox, I started to thinking about
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the intervention. I called my friend
Joe Manny to kind of get a handle
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on what had happened there, and
he said it was extremely funny that I
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was giving notes on each person's letter
after they read it, and I told
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him after the intervention how I ranked
the speeches. He helped me see how
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the dynamic was funny right away.
Mlanie said he was intrigued to see that
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some people consider the special to be
dark. It's digested. It's darker than
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I thought, and that sounds odd, I know, because of the subject
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matter. But my goal was to
present this as funny as possible with no
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dramatic pauses. I wanted it to
be a joke driven special about something that's
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complex and said and a little scary, but as a ton of very specific
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details. That's what I wanted to
get across. People might go this is
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harder sat or darker disturbing. I
really am flattered and happy that's been reviewed
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in disgust. That's what I like
the most is that people talked about it.
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They asked him about his suit.
Was it fusha. M'laney said,
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well, let me look up fuscha
because I'm not a great color person.
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Fusia is a vivid pinkish purplish red
color, named after the color of the
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flower, the fuchia plant. Okay, so we have the suit, and
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then we have the color correct,
then we have your own screen. So
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I don't know. I'm not going
to say you didn't experience fuchia. You
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might have. I don't know your
color settings. It's like a light of
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burgundy. I really love that suit
I got in England this place called well,
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I won't say where in case they
don't want me sharing this, but
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they make King Charles pajamas and he
really likes bright colored jammys. He goes
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to bed looking like a big bowl
of fruit. They asked him about divorce
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jokes, and Malini said, just
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Very short answer. There, I
respect that deadline followed that up with
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there's another great joke. And you're
special about how even as an addict,
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you look better than so many people
because of your athletic build and you look
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great and m'liney said, well,
I've never had anyone, let alone a
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journalist, say that I have an
athletic build. So I can't thank you
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enough for that, And congratulations of
being the first person ever to say that
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I'm walking on air right now.
It was mid pandemic when a lot of
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people would put on some weight and
a lot of people were home and I
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was out, So I was just
dressed up a little and had remain velt
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through pretty unhealthy means. Everyone when
there was adorable in their own way.
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There was more kidding that they looked
like crap. Good stuff as always.
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From Jason Zinnemann in The New York
Times. He was writing about Netflix's effect
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on comedy and said, it's unclear
how much the streaming service, known for
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specials by boldface names like Milanie and
Adam Sandler, cares about minting stars.
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That's why Netflix is verified as important. It's two showcases each about an hour,
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featuring emerging comics doing short sets.
There's a promising precedent. Back in
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twenty eighteen, Netflix aired the comedy
Lineup, which was relative on knowns,
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doing fifteen minutes. From that group, three of them were Taylor Tomlinson,
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Michelle but So and Sam Jay.
You know those names. Tim Dillon was
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another one and another's been a head
writer and sidekick on late night, specifically
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James Cordon's Ian Carmel comedy lineup didn't
vault these performers to fame, but it
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helped, and in retrospect, the
selection of the entire group, which also
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included Jack Knight, Phil Wang and
Sabrina Jayley's What a great collection of comedians,
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reflected foresight and taste. The artists
in the new showcases are not exactly
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newcomers. There's Dulce Sloan from The
Daily Show, Nimesh Patel, Leslie Lau,
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Rosebud Baker, who I feel is
like kind of known. Maybe I
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just do this podcast every day and
most people don't know rosebud Baker. I
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know John Marcos Siresi, who I'm
a big fan of. As part of
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this, Let's see Zinnamon writes,
Patel takes a leisurely paced mixing crowd work
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on topical jokes, including some solid
roasting of effec Ramaswani, Buttel makes it
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seem like a casual offhand another night
at the club, But Dulce Sloan may
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adjust to the form best because she
starts quickly, ends abruptly, and sticks
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to a couple non topical subjects,
including a bit about the benefits of dating
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a poor man. One of the
revelations for Jason Zinneman was Sabrina Wu,
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who barrels into jokes with a nervous
energy, then exploits it. This is
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making me want to watch this tonight. I haven't gotten around to it yet.
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There's so much football. I watch
football on Sunday night, Monday night,
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Thursday night, Wednesday night, I
go to trivia. It only leaves
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three nights and I have to play
video games one night. Sabrina Wu barrels
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into jokes with a nervous energy,
then exploits it. WUS standout bit Spoilers
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involves talking trash about Amanda Gorman,
the former National Youth pote Laureate, at
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a contest early in her career,
then describing the futility of a rivalry with
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her. John Marco SERRESI jokes spoilers. I just feel if white people would
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stop complaining all the time about cancel
culture and actually fought for racial equality,
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then all of us could do the
Chinese accent again. Lewis Katz, a
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bald, filthy veteran comic with slingshot
punchlines, opens his new release special Present
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Tense with better known comics, explaining
why he never became famous. Nate Pergatzy
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says he's too dirty, Mark Marion
points to his hairline, David Tell blames
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personality, and David Drake begins his
latest YouTube special with a pointed joke that
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is the ring of truth. Here's
how you make it in this business.
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I have a famous dad. Eight
hundred pound Gerrilla wrote about John Marco and
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asked him how he picked the ten
minutes that he used in the showcase I
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just discussed. John Marco said,
the biggest chunk of the set came from
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a never aired Don't Tell comedy set. I did it earlier this year,
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never aired because it bombed. I
tried doing all my Gun Show material to
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open the set. Not to blame
LA audiences, but let's just say once
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so badly. I called my girlfriend
the next day at six am from the
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Delta Lounge. Henry Winkler was also
there, but thankfully I don't think he
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noticed me. But I loved that
bit and I wanted to get it out
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there before Gun violence in America stopped
being a thing? Did you know who
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was going to be part of Verified
before the taping? Who are you looking
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forward to sharing the stage with?
Jen Marco said, I'm still not sure
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who was there, but I walked
away being a bigger fan of Jay Jurden,
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who opened both tapings with his signature
joke dense act that fully prepared the
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audience for stand up comedy. He
discussed filming it at Webster Hall and said,
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fortunately the team for this taping partially
curated the audience from people who were
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fans of comics in the lineup.
This probably meant there were a disproportional number
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of Nimesh Patel fans there, but
luckily they and everyone else came to laugh.
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Kathy Griffin spoke to Variety about buying
back her own material. Kathy said,
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it makes me very excited for my
legacy. When I crook, I
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have a theory that when I'm dead, I'm gonna get a lot of props.
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I almost can't wait. I think
once I crook, I'm gonna get
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one of those docu series and maybe
Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen will cry near
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z Eve can be a hole in
Memoriam and anybody who screwed me over will
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feel guilty. Can you see what
a healthy person I am. I hadn't
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watched My Life on the D List
since ad aired. I only rewatched episode
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one reason. I am so thrilled
when people mention that show or said that'd
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watch it with friends or their family. I've got a lot of guys be
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like I came out because of your
show. My mom and I would watch
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it together. I'm so proud because
that was a show that was really real.
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We overshot the stuff out of it. It was eight episodes a year,
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and we would film for six months. They just followed me around and
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hope I did funny stuff. I
think maybe people miss it because they know
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that good, bad, or indifferent
was all genuine. What advice Kathy would
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you give to new comics being approached
to do specials? Kathy said, I
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would tell them the best thing you
can do is get licensing money, which
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is very difficult. After doing specials
at Bravo for many years, I finally
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got them to just give me a
sum of money, and then I got
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to choose the production company and do
the budget. That's probably why I have
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so many enemies in the executive world
because that's how the guys do it.
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I thought I earned a place to
be able to have that kind of power,
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But I'm sad to say it's always
tricky when you're a chick. So
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I'm thrilled that I have ownership.
It's hard because a lot of the dudes
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assigned the checks. If they're not
a fan, you're kind of screwed.
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So if you can do your own
stuff, do it, or can do
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it super cheap all yourself. That's
the way to do it because then you
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give a buyer the product and can
go this is what I do. Do
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you want it or not? And
if not? Young people are much more
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enterprising than I am about social media. I'm sitting here at sixty three,
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still working hard trying to be a
TikToker. Today, my San Francisco forty
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nine ers take on the Seattle Seahawks. Will Ferrell has some advice for the
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Seahawks. I'd say, guys,
we're gonna paunt on third down every series
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and we're just gonna We're not going
to control the ball. Let's not worry
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about it. I don't know,
I don't know what I don't know what
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you do about the forty nine ers. Right Variety spoke to Marlon Wayans about
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cancel culture. Marlin said, I'm
as much a comedian as I am a
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black man. I'm always gonna protect
comedians. Dave Schpelle's a dear friend.
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I love him to death, and
I have a trans son. I could
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give him my opinions, but he
has every right to feel out. He
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wants me as a parent. When
I do my special, I'll handle it
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differently. And that same article,
Samsa Gore said, people in entertainment still
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see stand up as the lowest rung, like we're effing's circus jugglers. Listen,
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Meryl Streep would crap her pants if
she had to do stand up.
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So Gora argue that the outrage that
infest social media doesn't reflect what he's seeing
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on the road. He said,
go to the clubs. You see somebody
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go for the joke and you can't
describe it. It pops, audiences go
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nuts. They're looking for people to
make these jokes. It's like there's two
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realities. Some people believe the reality
online is real, it's not the real
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world. Matt Rife said, it
comes down to your objective what's your intention
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in saying some reckless stuff right now? Are you trying to upset somebody?
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You're trying to make light of certain
subjects. He said, all this before
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the recent controversies. It's a weekend. I've held on to the story for
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a couple weeks. That way,
it doesn't take up such a negative space
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in someone's mind, and they can
laugh about something they may have brought them
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so much grief and discomfort. If
audiences can tell you're coming from a good
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place, he says, sensitivity isn't
an issue. Audiences can sense intent.
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The reason comics can get away with
saying some crazy stuff is because the audience
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knows who you are that has aged
well, hasn't it. That's your comedy
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news for today. If you enjoy
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Maybe they'll like it. Tune I
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your money, and I might drive
past the National Donuts and I'll go to
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the smoothie chain that I've been hitting
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like eight dollars, See you tomorrow,