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FUNNY PEOPLE OR “FUNNY, PEOPLE WOULD PAY TO WATCH THIS”?

Posted by on Aug 11, 2009 in Blog Post | 0 comments

Okay, let me get on record here: Funny People was a terrible movie. It wasn’t funny, well written, well edited, compelling, interesting, or even accurate. It was a face clawing pile of dog shit run through a projector at 24 pieces of shit per second. Why? Well, let me break this movie down scene-by-scene. The movie starts with a mediocre actor portraying a mediocre comic, he makes a dick joke,...

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THE NEW M.O.

Posted by on Jun 23, 2009 in Blog Post | 3 comments

Here is the problem: comedy is a reflection of The Mass Opinion.  The Mass Opinion is the blanket against which our ideas or suggestions are contrasted.  In the comedy setting, laughter indicates either approval, recognition, or understanding, and therefore highlights a subjective truth of the collective consciousness. I am a stand-up comedian.  I have “chosen” this path for many reasons,...

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DISPELLING A LABEL

Posted by on Jun 22, 2009 in Blog Post | 0 comments

I have, over the years or months or however long I’ve been interacting with a fair degree of honesty, been labeled a cynic.  A pessimist.  And I certainly understand where those accusations are coming from, given the current social framework by which cynicism and radicalism is judged.  For example, I was at an engagement party this past weekend at which my anti-marriage,...

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