Donald Glover: “The No. 1 thing we kept coming back to is that it needs to be funny first and foremost. I never wanted this shit to be important. I never wanted this show to be about diversity; all that shit is wack to me. There’s a lot of clapter going on."
"Clapter punchlines that are more social statements than jokes, that don’t depend so much on funniness, as they do on your audience agreeing with you."
dear matt,
this jeselnik line is a gem: "P.C. culture is a good thing, and I could not do what I do without it"
thank you for sharing!
love,
myq
What do you guys think of the different between comedy and clapter? https://yuribezmenov.substack.com/p/how-to-tell-a-joke-comedy-clapter-cringe-snl
Wrote about clapter before here:
https://funnyhow.substack.com/p/the-worst-things-you-can-do-in-standup
Donald Glover: “The No. 1 thing we kept coming back to is that it needs to be funny first and foremost. I never wanted this shit to be important. I never wanted this show to be about diversity; all that shit is wack to me. There’s a lot of clapter going on."
https://funnyhow.substack.com/p/the-best-comedy-leads-the-audience
"Clapter punchlines that are more social statements than jokes, that don’t depend so much on funniness, as they do on your audience agreeing with you."
https://funnyhow.substack.com/p/moral-superiority-is-a-snooze
"Frequently, applause are the approval a comic seeks when they can’t actually generate laughs."