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4 votes
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ChokeOnFunny - Fat Slob (Eminem Parody) (2013)
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Thoughts on Hannah Gadsby's "Nanette"?
I realize I'm behind the curve on this one, as it made headlines a full year ago, but I just watched Nanette, which is a stand-up comedy performance by Australian lesbian comic Hannah Gadsby. I...
I realize I'm behind the curve on this one, as it made headlines a full year ago, but I just watched Nanette, which is a stand-up comedy performance by Australian lesbian comic Hannah Gadsby. I don't love stand-up comedy at all, but the person who recommended it to me knew this about me and encouraged me to watch it anyway.
I'm glad I did.
And a big part of that is because her show isn't really stand-up. It starts out that way, and I legitimately enjoyed her humor, but about halfway through she shifts from telling jokes to more serious monologuing, and the show moves from being funny and incisive to become a flat out emotional sledgehammer. I cried through a good portion of it.
She tackles a lot in her hour, and it's given me a lot to think about--most of which I haven't really had adequate time to digest yet. I found it remarkable that so much of her story was so similar to my own. She framed aspects of myself in ways I needed to hear. I think what she has to say has resonance for everyone, but I think it's especially relevant for LGBT people, and especially for those of us that grew up in environments that were toxic to us.
I just wanted to see if anyone else here has watched it and, if not, put it out there as something worth your time--even if you don't usually like stand-up.
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The CIA classified a MAD Magazine gag for thirty years
10 votes -
history of the entire world, i guess
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Tim Minchin - Pope Song (2011)
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Richard Cheese - People Equals Shit (Slipknot Cover) (2005)
6 votes -
NBC is pulling 'The Office' from Netflix in 2021
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Yesterday | Trailer 1
5 votes -
Solving the Zelda timeline in fifteen minutes | Unraveled
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'The voice of the dirtbag left': Socialist US comics Chapo Trap House
19 votes -
Canadian comedy ‘Letterkenny’ to become Hulu original as season seven launches on October 14
7 votes -
Lessons from the writer's room: With advice from comedy vets, you can help make meetings more effective.
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Death is just the beginning: The undead anxiety attack of ‘What We Do in the Shadows’
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‘Booksmart’ is the movie you wish had eisted when you were a teen
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Why Plymouth has a population of zero, despite being the de jure capital of Montserrat
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Clumsy gods: ‘Catch-22’ brings the subversive humor—and horror—of the book to Hulu
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Can you spot a map trap? | Map Men
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The little printf
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Recommendation: BoJack Horseman (2014—)
My previous recommendations: Person of Interest Psych So, I just finished binging all five seasons, and I think I can safely recommend this series to an audience that enjoys adult humor and series...
My previous recommendations:
So, I just finished binging all five seasons, and I think I can safely recommend this series to an audience that enjoys adult humor and series that juggle between the very funny and very serious.
BoJack Horseman is a series that starts slow and doesn't really seem to truly find itself until Season 3. I personally didn't enjoy the first half of Season 1 at all (got very bored). The second half of Season 1 got me to keep watching purely on the humor and the gags, which pretty consistently increase in quality as the show continues.
I especially got drawn in on all the "animal" gags. The series at some point early on becomes very comfortable going all out on visual&storytelling gags based on the animal playing them (BJH is an otherwise-normal universe where a significant part of the population is half-animal half-human). The humor is pretty high quality, I would easily compare it to the humor in Arrested Development (early seasons).
It is a series that makes fun of itself, without relying too much on gimmicks or breaking the fourth wall too much. With that said, Seasons 3 and 4 introduce more experimental episodes (including an entirely mute one, similar to the excellent Hush from Buffy, as well as another that only consists of a beautiful entire 22 minute monologue). None of them bored me. I was always extremely impressed with the execution and the quality.What really gets me to recommend this series is its later seasons. Seasons 3 and 4 are of exceptionally high quality and the show becomes… very dark. But not without losing its humor. BoJack Horseman made me cry three times. I'm not talking about tearing up, I'm talking about the full waterworks like I've done only a couple of times in my entire adult life.
It's a show that punches you in the gut not by having grand romantic storylines; not by having heroic moments with epic music; not sympathetically by having manly characters tear up; not even by killing off beloved characters like Game of Thrones. It's a show that hits you because it's too fucking real.In many ways, I would say that I enjoyed BJH for similar reasons that I enjoyed early GoT: It's unforgiving to its characters. But I don't want this to put anyone off from watching; it's a unique series to which I have a very hard time finding parallels. Its humor sits between Arrested Development, Futurama and Rick & Morty and is very much its own thing. Very reminiscent of Adult Swim.
BoJack Horseman is available on Netflix. Come for the gags, stay for your own reasons.
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Catch-22 | Official trailer
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Lil Dicky - Earth (2019)
12 votes -
How 'liberal' late-night talk shows became a comedy sinkhole
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Google Tulip
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Comedian Ian Cognito dies onstage – and the audience think it’s part of his act
18 votes -
Prospiracy Theories
18 votes -
'Arrested Development' finishes with a whimper, not a bang
12 votes -
Blacks without Soul
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The Simpsons pulled an episode featuring Michael Jackson. That was a mistake
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Afrostanz episode 2 - sugar spice and Nigerian jollof rice
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Jurassic Park | Laws Broken
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Good Omens | Official trailer
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'Sex Education' renewed for season 2 at Netflix
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Where does London stop? | Unfinished London
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The darkness
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Pokémon: Detective Pikachu | Official trailer 2
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Is the Earth flat?
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'Jennifer Aniston cried in my lap': The inside story of Friends
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Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory | Laws Broken
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How To Write Unmaintainable Code
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People who “pretend” to be shitty are frequently just shitty
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Chris Kogos - Native Patties (HOME cover)
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Pilot episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000. And complete playlist.
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The case for unionizing comedy: Sketch comics and improv performers can either organize or watch the industry rot
11 votes -
Elon Musk vs Mark Zuckerberg | Epic Rap Battles Of History
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Old gays try new gay slang
5 votes -
Manic pixie prostitute
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New rule: Just don't go there
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Pokémon: Detective Pikachu | Trailer
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Gauntlet | Official trailer
5 votes