rant · moment 5 of 14
Analyzing the Photo Angle and the Cheshire Cat
from I'm A Comedy · #100
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5 minTim 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.
- 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.
NetflixThe Jungle BookAlice in Wonderland