10 Good Things: Chris Rock's rhythm, CK on social media, and more
1) "Nobody is going to give you permission." 2) "Stop lying about who you are and write the things that are actually inside you." 3) "The love and the desire you put into your project will translate.”
🔗 Nobody is going to give you permission.
There's things in this business that absolutely need permission - getting on Fallon, getting a spot on a specific show, etc. But the upside of the dystopian algorithm fueled world we live in is that you can do a lot without permission. Start a podcast, publish a web series, market yourself. And nobody is going to give you permission or tell you you're ready to do those things besides you.
🔗 I remember the time a comedy booker showed my what their inbox looks like and I realized most comics have no idea/empathy for what it's like on that side of things. We bitch about not being seen without considering we're merely a dot of paint on a huge canvas.
🔗 Interesting rant by CK against social media’s takeover of standup comedy.
🔗 Writer Robert Greene talking about creative work:
“You have to really love your idea. It has to be something from deep within. It has to be personal. It has to excite you on a deep level. Because you’re going to have to persevere for several years. There are going to be a lot of critics, a lot of mean-spirited people are gonna say, ‘You can never do that!’
When you create anything, the spirit you create it with, the energy, the excitement, is translated into the product itself. So when somebody writes a book just for money, you can kind of smell it. When you read the book, it kind of reeks. We can sense that. But when the writer is excited, it excites the reader. So the love and the desire you put into your project will translate.”
🔗 The 25 Most Important Jokes in Post-Modern Comedy on the OJ bit from Chris Rock’s Bring The Pain:
The bit also displays his mastery of rhythm and hooks, with jokes operating like music and riffs like verses revolving around a devastating recurring punchline (I’m not saying he should’ve killed her (beat), but I understand.”).
Up ahead: Shane Gillis, Seinfeld on Florida, George Saunders on surviving the creative process, overcoming writer’s block, and “The Greatest Jokes Ever Told.”
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