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Monday, April 19, 2004

On Comedy and Reality TV

Wonderkind comic Erin Judge posted something on the Kvetch Board that really just summed up my own thoughts about what American Idol and its clones have meant for those of us trying to "make it" as performing artists:

Between "Comedian," "Last Comic Standing," and this article, we really see how my generation of comedians are becoming exposed in the climate of "reality" culture. It's like we're more interesting in our personal stories and extremely humble beginnings, like our novice stage is more lucrative to producers than waiting for us to ripen and become actual comedians. Have I just become more sensitive to this phenomenon since I've started doing comedy? Or does it seem like young comics are suddenly plastered all over the place, frightened and unfunny, shivering like featherless chicks in the wind? Is that really what people want to see? Not comedy, but some human story about wanting comedy? Is it more entertaining to watch "American Idol" or "Making the Band" than to discover a fully-formed entertainer? Is it more fun to see video of somebody bombing her third time on stage than to watch a brilliant, practiced 8-year vet do an air-tight 15 minutes?

It's a weird cultural moment, I guess.

Like she says, we're in this place where we idolize people for "taking their one shot" and completely ignore people with the talent and determination to make it in the long run. It should, of course, be obvious why I'm interested in focusing more on the latter.

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