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Analyzing the Photo Angle and the Cheshire Cat

from I'm A Comedy · #100

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Tim and Ray keep dissecting the bad Netflix photo angle and lighting, joke about hate-watching it, then veer into a riff on the Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland doing a Wendy's impression.

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  • 17:17Tim says he looks like he's having a stroke in the photo.
  • 17:45The mouth-agape expression makes him look like a bear catching salmon.
  • 18:13The photographer's angle and lighting make it look like a mortuary shot.
  • 18:42Tim argues that shooting straight-on makes fat people look fatter, though he disputes the conventional wisdom on profile shots.
  • 19:33The complaint: shooting someone from below is amateur work; you shoot from above and use a stool if needed.
  • 19:50Tim criticizes whoever at Netflix came up with the name "The Comedy Lineup" as incredibly stupid.
  • 20:31Suggests Netflix should call it something aggressive instead, then riffs on the name "The Comedy Cuckold."
  • 21:01Despite the special being great in the room, Tim's now worried about what Netflix's edits did to it after seeing this terrible photo.
  • 21:27The Netflix photo department tried to make him look like Baloo from the Jungle Book—a goofy bear.
  • 21:40Tim compares his expression in the photo to the Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland.
  • 22:00He argues the Cheshire Cat is overrated and prefers the Caterpillar from the same story.
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