Darren Frost: Emotional Terrorism

What I don't like about dark comedy is that many times the comic doing it does the dark part but completely forgets to bring the funny. This is one of those times.

Actually usually these comics don't even do the dark part right and instead rely on filthy sex jokes which aren't dark or funny either. So at least Darren Frost does do dark so he deserves some ups for that. He is obviously not afraid to talk about any topic or even himself without any filter which I respect a lot.

Unfortunately like I said he forgets to be funny and also is not very original with the material as far as his comedy goes. If you go to any bar any night you will find some drunk guy spinning the same lines about how some kids deserve to be aborted, getting cheap laughs from his drinking buddies every time he drops an F bomb, and when you don't laugh he will get angry and say he hopes you get AIDS because it's your fault you don't find it funny because you're stupid or something.

That's my main problem with his and other bad dark comics comedy, is that if or I should say when his audience does not find him funny he looks down on us as if it's our fault. How is it our fault that you're not funny? The entire dark comedy thing is used by too many comics to mask the fact that they just aren't funny or don't bother to try to be funny.

Again I have no problem with the dark material. I love dark comics when they're good and have an extensive collection and also go out of my way to see them live when they come to Ottawa or Toronto. Doug Stanhope is one of my favourites and he is probably the darkest comic there is. Bill Hicks RIP is maybe the best of all time. Gilbert Gotfried, Jason Rouse and Lisa Lampanelli are awesome. Louis C.K. can be dark and he's the best comic today. The thing is those comics are dark but also funny. Very very funny. Darren Frost just isn't for whatever reason.

When we saw his live show we weren't impressed but didn't hate it. We and about a quarter of the people laughed when he kept calling the group in the front f***-faces and also at some of the subject matter because the topics are taboo and for whatever reason you laugh when you hear about them in a public setting in front of friends. But none of what he did was really funny, we were just laughing at someone being called a f***-face and a guy yelling at them about murder and abortion. The funniest thing about Darren Frost is his stage appearance and personality because he screams and swears at people but he looks like a Corky kid.

Our table of four bought two DVDS and I'm assuming this is the one because only one is on IMDb and I think and hope he couldn't have any more than that given how bad his jokes are. It doesn't even seem right to call them jokes when they are more just hate filled ideas with no punch lines or comedy added. I remember we got a discount buying two DVDS. What the f*** was I thinking? The DVD is self produced which is not a surprise since there's almost nothing funny on it. Of course he would probably say it is self produced because he's too dark. No you're not too dark, you're just not funny.

If anyone out there wants this DVD send me a PM.

You can see a lot of great comics at Yuk Yuks but I don't recommend this guy unless you're a huge fan of very dark comedy and want to see what he is like. Just don't be surprised if you get lots of dark but no comedy.