Everyone's fascinated with roasts
On the natural enemy of comedy roasts.
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Some thoughts on roasts:
Social media loves to ignore context and intention so a comedy roast is its natural enemy.
There’s a big reason why social media and standup are so often at odds. Social media performance is all about tribalism, fixed ideology, and moral superiority. Standup performance is (frequently) about attacking tribalism, shapeshifting toward whatever gets a laugh, and pointing fingers at everyone (including yourself).
Sadly, roasts are one of the only places left where people consume actual jokes. If more comedy went back to delivering punchlines, we wouldn’t have to all obsess over the cruelest version of joke writing.
It’s surprising how much Black people hate Tony Hinchcliffe considering how much they love Tony! Toni! Toné! One bad Tony out here undoing decades of work for Tonys.
Social media folks arguing about roasts sound like people who believe Hulk Hogan and the Iron Sheik really hated each other.
So much emphasis on bringing the r-word back to standup. It’s legit got me wondering why no one’s fighting for the return of “midget.” You couldn’t attend a standup show before 2015 without hearing it multiple times.
My target audience is people who do not listen to Jelly Roll.
Next week on Kill Tony…
The “I need to be able to say r****d” crowd are awfully quiet while the President calls for the firing of comedians who make jokes about him. Let that sink in (or whatever dumb joke will help ‘em GET IT).
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