Forgot to see it, saying that the prosperity of comedy is an indicator of whether the social and cultural conditions are prosperous. Because of the satirical and critical nature of comedy, it becomes the first sound to expose and expose social and political issues, and it is also the work form that can most alert the audience in these areas.
Real comedy can be fun. It's not just a bunch of sitcoms where Geeks hurt each other and two sisters hurt others. A real comedy can be as cold and sharp as Woody Allen, laugh and scold as Jon Stewart aka Jon Stewart, and be sloppy and gloomy, just like a middle-aged, fat, bald single father, Louis CK.
"America's darkest, funniest comedian"
In the fall of 2011, Louis CK was sitting in the dressing room of Manhattan's Beacon Theater, spending the interval between his two stand-up performances, while He felt - as he always felt - terrible.
"I was depressed," he recalls sitting in the same dressing room several nights later.
That Thursday night performance was recorded as a special, and the live tickets sold out just as quickly as the special, and the jokes he honed over the course of months at the club. Nevertheless, Louis CK suddenly felt that his jokes were garbage.
"Every time," he said, his stocky frame leaning back in the plush chair, his thin red hair just trimmed, "I've recorded two shows, the first one was lackluster and lacking in originality. The audience felt that It jumped to conclusions and felt disappointed. I was like, 'This is a mistake. These jokes aren't as good as last year's, and the audience is going to say, "He didn't do it this time," and I didn't do anything well, this stuff is shit. '" He grinned, "and then a few minutes before the second show, I thought, 'No. That's interesting, I'm enjoying it.'"
Feeling good really isn't Louis CK's forte. Nearly three decades of stand-up performances, a slew of TV specials, a short-lived HBO sitcom, and the seminal comedy Louie—he perfectly presents a self-pity, broken-hearted, world-weary, and inquisitive. Eyes, and from time to time flashes of some rare warmth, a unique collection.
I don't know if it's as an Asian relationship, compared to the stand-up comedians before, after, or his contemporaries (stand-up comedians), he's a little gloomy, pessimistic, yet vaguely caring and sympathetic. I'm most attracted to deeply moral jokes (the only one who can match that, for me, is probably Ricky Gervais - and RG is pessimistic and pessimistic too! … save me). I even watch his stand-up over and over and laugh every time.
He is not the type who jumps up and down on the stage and uses his limbs to sweat profusely. He can't even speak loudly or shout loudly. The most action he does is probably holding his forehead with a WTF expression on his face, or A slightly embarrassed grin.
Of course, he also jokes about "farts", saying that his penis and balls are like "an old horse that no one wants to brush again"; The homeless sloppy man who tossed the "superior" who planned to kick him out of the high-end community would also lovingly talk about what kind of "jerk" his two daughters were; Uncomfortable insight: If pedophiles are socially acceptable, pedophiles won't kill children, which, oddly enough, is a good thing.
Like Ricky Gervais, they tease taboos, jokes about animals, jokes about humans destroying the planet, jokes about old ladies wrestling. One moment he's a cowering single dad, bewildered by his date and his daughter's nonsense, the next he's annoyed at how God's greed for human beings has ruined the planet. He was always fearless to let his mind take him anywhere, but, behind all the shit and Tintin jokes, you could feel his deep moral sense: he was a man desperate to get things right and for the better. People, though often mess up the process.
His style is also groundbreaking in the American comedy world, or the English-language comedy world. Many media called Louis CK "America's darkest and funniest comedian".
Here's a little video of Louis CK talking about how cool it is to be white.
An updated version of the dark 'comedy': Horace and Pete
On the morning of the last Saturday in January, unguarded, Louis CK sent an e-mail to users of his website Louisck.net, breezily: "Horace and Pete Ready to download. Five bucks. Check it out here. We hope you like it."
Ends.
Louie is already a work without the intervention of the TV station, whether it is the script, design, or the final product, it is all produced by Louis CK himself - this time, he is simply responsible for the marketing and communication: buy directly from the website (you can use Bitcoin payment!). The price of $5 for the first episode is a bit expensive (generally, the price of an episode is $3), Louis CK said, it is really expensive to make this show.
As for why it was quiet, CK said, it was to see the joy of seeing the work without prior knowledge due to promotion. Maybe you, like me, are fed up with the disgusting "high profile" style of the day. The producer is afraid that the audience will not buy tickets, and they are using drugs to build momentum. In the end, they even use a gimmicky translation to spoil the story-long before you actually touch the final work, the endless publicity will make you feel that in a previous life, I would Already seen this thing.
For creators who really have a grasp of the works and audiences, I am afraid that these means of rudeness will never be needed.
After buying it, I found out that CK actually invited Steve Buscemi, Alan Alda, Jessica Lange, Edie Falco, and guest actors Aidy Bryant, Rebecca Hall and other stars. Can't believe how such a strong cast keeps it a secret.
Going back to the Horace and Pete work itself, as a comedy (perhaps not a comedy at all), how "dark" is it?
Horace and Pete set the scene in a century-old, dark, windowless tavern in Brooklyn. Louis plays Horace, who runs a tavern with brother Pete (Steve Buscemi) and older Uncle Pete (Alan Alda).
The plot unfolds slowly. This is by no means Louie of old wine in new bottle. If Louie is an experimental edgeball, then Horace and Pete are experiments. CK himself didn't even call it a sitcom. It has the basis of a retro TV series, and the scenes are switched statically, which is different from the popular British and American dramas that switch at a high speed from the scene to the lines.
The tavern TV was showing the news that Donald Trump was absent from the recent Republican debate, and the timeliness of the tavern talk gave some new life to a recurring topic for Louis CK. Hippies are shallow and unpredictable, daughters confuse fathers, and younger and older generations can’t talk about race, gender, or sexuality without provoking each other. Every day is as struggling and confused as the day before.
This is where Louis CK is happy to put his comedy. In his words: "Funny" works best in its natural environment. Right in between the tangle of "bad", "sad", "confused" and "nothing at all".
The above quote comes from a statement he made with the second episode. "It's not a comedy. I don't know what it is," he said in a statement. The statement was made because "people have a right to expect a comedy from a comedian".
Like Louie, Horace and the two Petes, and everyone in the tavern, all had a bit of a bitter taste on them. This kind of bitterness, humility and warmth cut from a small person is probably the brand of CK.
Throughout, there is some dark humor and cold humor. Obviously, Louis CK didn't intend to cater to the audience, but at the same time wanted the audience to be as close as possible to his creative process. Compared to many episodes full of special effects and gorgeous sets, this first episode seems like a pilot; the central set of this century-old Irish pub also seems like raw material.
As someone who's already watched two episodes, in order not to spoil the spoiler for anyone planning to watch the show, I just want to say responsibly that at this point, Horace and Pete is a bittersweet film that captures the weaknesses of family, tradition, and generation gaps. And funny episodes. And at the rate at which it's "taking shape", there's a good chance that something deeper and more philosophical will be discussed -- with Louie, and with CK.
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