rexfordavenue
Joined Apr 2013
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Humor is a difficult thing to master. You can have a joke and tell it in such a way that it either makes the listener pee their pants with laughter, wince in discomfort, or sigh in apathy. All the same joke, just different ways of telling it.
Something very simple can ruin a joke: poor timing; not knowing that the word "porn" is not a punch line to everything and shouldn't be treated as such; that falling off a small ledge isn't funny without proper setup; that simple announcing you're gay isn't funny without some kind of context; and so forth.
Some people don't understand that there is an entire art to comedy. Louis CK can tell a story about getting a hand job and it's hilarious. Dane Cook did the same thing and it's lame. Andy Kaufman ate a bowl of ice cream and it was brilliant. Tom Green ate a bowl of cereal and no one cared.
Tripping the Rift wants to do shock comedy, but it doesn't understand the first thing about comedy. It's the Dane Cook and Tom Green of cg animated shows.
Something very simple can ruin a joke: poor timing; not knowing that the word "porn" is not a punch line to everything and shouldn't be treated as such; that falling off a small ledge isn't funny without proper setup; that simple announcing you're gay isn't funny without some kind of context; and so forth.
Some people don't understand that there is an entire art to comedy. Louis CK can tell a story about getting a hand job and it's hilarious. Dane Cook did the same thing and it's lame. Andy Kaufman ate a bowl of ice cream and it was brilliant. Tom Green ate a bowl of cereal and no one cared.
Tripping the Rift wants to do shock comedy, but it doesn't understand the first thing about comedy. It's the Dane Cook and Tom Green of cg animated shows.
I tried really hard to get behind this guy and his performance, but I just don't understand why someone would spend so much time and energy on something so pointless.
Who did this help? What was he trying to say? Was this anything other than a massive "Look at me!" ego trip?
People seem fascinated by this story and I just plain don't get it. There's a dramatization out soon and I don't get that one either.
People say "It doesn't have to make sense" or "He did it because he could" or "It's art don't question it."
I disagree. I feel that "art" without purpose is ego-stroking nonsense. Petit seemed like a jerk with nothing on his mind but getting people to look at him. I don't feel like supporting his insecurity.
Who did this help? What was he trying to say? Was this anything other than a massive "Look at me!" ego trip?
People seem fascinated by this story and I just plain don't get it. There's a dramatization out soon and I don't get that one either.
People say "It doesn't have to make sense" or "He did it because he could" or "It's art don't question it."
I disagree. I feel that "art" without purpose is ego-stroking nonsense. Petit seemed like a jerk with nothing on his mind but getting people to look at him. I don't feel like supporting his insecurity.