Between most of the comedians starting podcasts and a decline in both comic-led
sitcoms and late night comic bookings, you have to look for comedians a lot
more than you used to. At least that's been my experience.
David
On Sunday, December 31, 2023 at 04:11:00 PM PST, Kevin M.
wrote:
Good place to put this, as I don't recall posting about it... if you didn't
see Chappelle's *The Dreamer*, Rolling Stone did it for you...
https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-reviews/dave-chappelle-the-dreamer-netflix-trans-jokes-attack-chris-rock-will-smith-1234938580/
(link)
B
There were over 30 Netflix stand up specials released in 2023, so forgive
me if I can’t keep up. Did Kay produce his out of pocket then allow Netflix
to distribute it, or did Netflix approach him to finance his stand up
special?
And I see Netflix has doubled down on stupid with another Chappelle
Maybe it's because I listen to a lot of standup, but Jo Kay is hardly
"unheralded". He's done a number of Netflix specials (the modern
equivalent the old 1hr HBO special), has done some TV and VO and has a few
film credits to his name, including fronting the file "Easter Sunday" last
year.
