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Friday, March 16, 2007

Excellent Piece on Euegene Mirman in Brooklyn Rail

This neatly sums up my fears of where alternative comedy might go:

Look no further than Saturday Night Live to see how the aesthetic of online comedy is changing the look and feel of humor outside of cyberspace. The “Sloths” skit, from a recent SNL episode, is a so-so attempt at the type of humor that plays well with Internet audiences. A mock commercial for the Staten Island Zoo’s sloths exhibit features a barrage of quick cuts and a song espousing the animals’ virtues in a list of non-sequiturs ... The Sloth skit seems more than a little forced, compared to the real DIY weirdness you find online coming from maniacal minds like Mirman’s.

Amen. Eugene Mirman is the king of surreal and though I'm not the quickest sailboat in the race, I know better than to try and outweird him.
Posted by Mo Diggs at 7:13 PM
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