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Birth of SJW Ray and the Amy Schumer Stage-Kicking Bit
from I'm A Comedy · #100
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8 minTim and Ray develop the 'SJW Ray' bit, riffing on representation and intersectionality language, then pivot to a bit about Amy Schumer allegedly kicking a comic off stage at Carolines and fantasy scenarios of Ray bombing on stage waiting for her rescue.
- 26:52Tim describes himself as the Netflix comedy lineup heel, noting his promotional image looks like a fat loudmouth.
- 27:32Tim claims he's always had full confidence in Netflix and their decisions as an organization.
- 27:48The promotional image looks better bigger and would work well as a subway poster.
- 28:53Once you do anything in this business, you realize you have no control over your image or what people think of you.
- 30:16Tim invents the character SJW Ray, a social justice voice that should start every sentence with "Listen to me" and calls himself a disgrace to his race.
- 31:15The Netflix image works because it makes Tim look like an arrogant, self-righteous windbag, which triggers think pieces.
- 31:57Tim plans to release the image tomorrow with a caption: "Bloggers get ready for your think pieces."
- 32:41At a certain point you have to let the forces control the narrative instead of trying to manage it like Amy Schumer does.
- 33:20Amy Schumer kicked Brendan Schaub off stage at Carolines, treating him like an open mic performer despite being a funny guy.
- 34:06Tim jokes about messaging Amy asking her to put him on stage so she can kick him off, imagining tanking his set while waiting for her to arrive.