Interview · moment 24 of 29
Theater Kid Energy Ruined Comedy
from 158 - Leaving Hell · #158
3 min
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Tim argues modern comedy culture has become an ultra-supportive circle-jerk driven by insecure theater-kid types, contrasted with the old cutthroat comedy scene, and shares an anecdote about a fan calling a comedy club 'kind of sad.'
- Comedy industry is full of people with no confidence who shouldn't have any, yet they've been glorified as losers.
- Tim discusses a comic who hosts a game show on Netflix and the pointlessness of that trajectory.
- Tim loves making people laugh but views the broader comedy culture as disgusting and terrible.
- A Patreon subscriber gave Tim a tour of a city and took him to a major comedy club.
- The comedy club fan looked around and said "it's kind of sad in there."
- Many Midwest and Northeast comedy clubs look like they're from the 80s, with hosts and feature acts doing outdated material.
- The host is often a woman in her late thirties thinking about moving to New York, which Tim sees as part of a broken world.