Comments on: the death of comedy http://heavy-clouds.org/2009/01/the-death-of-comedy/ "Taken out of context I must seem so strange" -Ani DiFranco Wed, 28 Apr 2010 10:40:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: karina http://heavy-clouds.org/2009/01/the-death-of-comedy/comment-page-1/#comment-5 karina Sat, 10 Jan 2009 05:20:35 +0000 http://heavy-clouds.org/?p=83#comment-5 but, to respond to your actual text - i completely agree on the point you make about how it's always been a comedian's task to comment on current affairs. (or, well, on issues that'll always relevant, concerning human nature and such - but i fear there's only so many jokes you can make on schadenfreude and laziness and so on...) Jon Stewart is a good example of that, and it instantly made me think of his brief comments in "the aristocrats" - which, I suppose, also reflects on the state of the world. Was writing and re-writing a whole lot more paragraphs on the subject, decided to skip as I'm too sleepy to be coherent. Comedy is a nice and juicy meta-analysis-intellectualwank-burger! but, to respond to your actual text – i completely agree on the point you make about how it’s always been a comedian’s task to comment on current affairs. (or, well, on issues that’ll always relevant, concerning human nature and such – but i fear there’s only so many jokes you can make on schadenfreude and laziness and so on…) Jon Stewart is a good example of that, and it instantly made me think of his brief comments in “the aristocrats” – which, I suppose, also reflects on the state of the world.

Was writing and re-writing a whole lot more paragraphs on the subject, decided to skip as I’m too sleepy to be coherent. Comedy is a nice and juicy meta-analysis-intellectualwank-burger!

]]> By: sindre http://heavy-clouds.org/2009/01/the-death-of-comedy/comment-page-1/#comment-4 sindre Sat, 10 Jan 2009 02:00:37 +0000 http://heavy-clouds.org/?p=83#comment-4 I am not saying that I don't find stand-up amusing or funny. You know I do, as I seem to recall us staying up a whole night quoting Robin Williams "Live on Broadway" punch line for punch line to the point where the MPAA might have considered suing us ;) I just miss the diversity in new productions and broadcasted shows.. I am not saying that I don’t find stand-up amusing or funny. You know I do, as I seem to recall us staying up a whole night quoting Robin Williams “Live on Broadway” punch line for punch line to the point where the MPAA might have considered suing us ;) I just miss the diversity in new productions and broadcasted shows..

]]> By: karina http://heavy-clouds.org/2009/01/the-death-of-comedy/comment-page-1/#comment-3 karina Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:59:20 +0000 http://heavy-clouds.org/?p=83#comment-3 I usually commit social suicide when I confess I really, really don't find Monty Python - or Peter Sellers, for that matter - all that funny. (Going into hiding now!) - But (as you are well aware of) am a big fan of stand up comedy. Recent favourites are Mitch Hedberg and Demitri Martin. Oh, and I recommend watching the animated film "Igor", just for Eddie Izzard's voice acting. ;) I usually commit social suicide when I confess I really, really don’t find Monty Python – or Peter Sellers, for that matter – all that funny. (Going into hiding now!) – But (as you are well aware of) am a big fan of stand up comedy. Recent favourites are Mitch Hedberg and Demitri Martin. Oh, and I recommend watching the animated film “Igor”, just for Eddie Izzard’s voice acting. ;)

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