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THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR JUN 5 - JUN 11
"Rant comedy" has been its own subgenre of stand-up ever since George Carlin's 1992 Jammin' in New York special.
Randy Feltface @ Wiseguys West Jordan "Rant comedy" has been its own subgenre of stand-up ever since George Carlin's 1992 Jammin' in New York special. There are few things funnier than watching someone absolutely pitch a fit, but any anger intense and genuine enough to be funny is only ever a few expletives away from becoming uncomfortable—or even frightening—and rant comedy requires walking an extremely fine line between levity and unbridled emotion as such.
After all, you can't do it without a real human up on stage, screeching and howling and wetting themselves—or can you?
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