wittiestphrase t1_j4n3exe wrote on January 16, 2023 at 9:50 PM

Reply to comment by QuestionableAI in Chelsea Handler Says She Thought the Sun and Moon Were the Same Until She Was 40 by Razariousnefarian

I really wish more people would see comedians as performers playing characters and not necessarily people talking about their own hilarious lives.

Ricky Gervais talks about this pretty explicitly in his most recent special. One of my favorites is when Daniel Tosh says in one of his shows “My girlfriend is Asian…for this next joke.”

Mikimao t1_j4nwizi wrote on January 17, 2023 at 1:10 AM

Yeah, as a fan of stand up, it blows my mind how people can't understand how talking in a way that isn't normally socially acceptable, can be really fucking fun. You get to bend the rules any which way, as an art form

Being true isn't even ancillary to what is going on, it's straight up not even required, and often times would just get in the way.

I_Miss_Lenny t1_j4p7wtm wrote on January 17, 2023 at 7:58 AM

Iirc Louis CK had one like that too, like “I was hanging out with my friend Dave the other day, and well his names not really Dave but it doesn’t matter because I’m lying”

Or something like that

Basically “don’t worry about if any of it happened or not, just enjoy the joke”