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Comics always 'on' ruin it + more [Spoilers]

posted 13 years ago by greeneyesmykel
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The best and ONLY reason to buy this documentary is for Robert Schimmel [RIP] who provides honest commentary on comedy. Sadly his portion is short but well worth the price of this documentary.

Jeff Foxworthy, Tim Allen, Phyllis Diller, Louis C.K., Roseanne, and Bobcat Goldthwait all give fun but honest moments in regards to comedy and the art over all.

The real problem is comedians like Sarah Silverman [who mind you I find funny] that feel the need to be ON and thus always answer in a calculated and humorous way.

That isn't to say the top performers didn't make me laugh or weren't funny but you can tell that a lot of those interviewed who weren't really established used this exposure to hit a sound bite and great laughs and while thats fine it really has a somewhat staged and cheap feel.

I also thought it covered far too many subjects but never really explored any of them and to me this would be better if explained as a series as 90 mins does not let you dig deep.

- Some glossed over bits that were fascinating was the HIGH that comedians feel after a good set and how wanting to keep that high makes them seek drugs, sex, and other things.

- How a room can effect a comedian and the set.

- How timing restraints and audience laughter effect the workings of comedy sets.

Over all I give the film a solid 6 but it could have been so much more.

[–] gundam_bravo4 13 years ago

As I just posted in another thread. I felt that most of the comics werent "on" or at most 1/3 on. I think Kroll was 100% on he was the only one that was impossible to glean insight from

[–] lithium2 13 years ago

Couldn't you say that a comic demonstrating his predilection towards always being "on" provided an insight in and of itself?

[–] random_guy2 12 years ago

I really thought it balanced the two sides well, sometimes showing moments of genuine insight or pathos, and sometimes providing laughs (Nick Kroll, for instance, was much funnier than I expected).

Actually the bit where Sarah Silverman talked about someone else writing the penis / jelly joke was perhaps the only time I have ever seen her (in anything) where she didn't seem like she was doing the normal Sarah Silverman schtick.