Tim Robinson and the Golden Age of Cringe Comedy (Published 2023)
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Tim Robinson and the Golden Age of Cringe Comedy (Published 2023)
I wonder if all jokes boil down to the same pattern that eventually gets layered and complexified by veteran comedians. A joke is made by creating a frame with an embedded assumption, and then using a punchline to break the frame and reveal an implied truth. There are two layers of subtext, the assumption (the undertone), and the post-punchline
... See moreGut, vibes, f’it mentality, surrealism, ambiguity. Magic and mysticism.
Connor O’Malley, Nathan Fielder and Tim Robinson are really interesting comedians to watch, and I think strike the chord perfectly.
Their shit is objectively weird and exists in a limbo: is this for real? They exist in the liminal.
Severance did this well and people ate it up. I... See more
Connor O’Malley, Nathan Fielder and Tim Robinson are really interesting comedians to watch, and I think strike the chord perfectly.
Their shit is objectively weird and exists in a limbo: is this for real? They exist in the liminal.
Severance did this well and people ate it up. I... See more
Peter Wajda in ZINE
Odenkirk, who appeared in many of the 11-minute Tom Goes to the Mayor episodes that aired on Adult Swim, puts Heidecker in the same category as his Mr. Showcollaborator David Cross, someone with “a certain kind of natural ease at being funny, that I do not think I have, and most people don’t have.” The even rarer thing that Odenkirk sees in... See more