The stuff being talked about on this podcast about the comedy scene is incredibly similar to the stuff that folks have talked about for a long time in the music business.
Listening to Chris talk reminds me a lot of @CurtissKing. DIY spirit crosses over.
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damn. @JesseDavidFox wrote the best intro to a comedy book by truly dissecting the relevance & power of comedy
with facts ranging from how the Seinfeld season finally had ~3x viewers than Game of Throne’s, to Balenciaga hiring The Simpsons to animate Paris Fashion Week
"If you are saying supposedly offensive things and the audience is instantly all on board, it is not a comedy show, it’s a rally." My fave highlights from "Comedy Book: How Comedy Conquered Culture and the Magic That Makes It Work" by @JesseDavidFox.
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With Timothée Chalamet up for Best Actor at the Oscars this weekend for ‘A Complete Unknown,’ Tim Baltz is ready to break his relative silence about what it’s like also living as a Timothée. vulture.com/article/tim-balt…
📣📣WE HAVE A DEAL!📣📣
Last week, @NYMagUnion reached a tentative agreement with New York Magazine and Vox Media. We could not be prouder of our members who made it clear they were ready to withhold their labor if @VoxMedia didn’t meet them with a fair contract.
Grateful to Jesse for writing about the Doug Stanhope special that, in hindsight, I wish I wrote about. Also: three other very good specials released this month!