Klaatu@lemmy.world to Movies and TV Shows@lemm.ee · 21 days agoJerry Seinfeld Regrets Commenting "Extreme Left" Ruined Comedy: "It's Not True"deadline.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up172arrow-down16
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minus-squaretacosanonymous@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down4·21 days agoI never liked him. I have always felt that other comedians did observational comedy better. I think it’s not just that times have changed but that people have wisened up (in this one specific regard).
minus-squarePronell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up27·21 days agoSeinfeld treated comedy like math. A joke can be perfected, whittled down to a perfect and easily repeated core. And once you have enough of those, you can just juggle them. He didnt hang out and get high and drunk with the other comics, he went home and studied the Tonight Show. I think his greatest weakness is that he can’t read a room very well. That isn’t a skill he prioritized. Also rehearsing a joke to death the way Seinfeld does makes it seem like you’re listening to something memorized rather than spontaneous. I saw him live a few years ago. He wasn’t my favorite but I’m glad I went.
I never liked him. I have always felt that other comedians did observational comedy better. I think it’s not just that times have changed but that people have wisened up (in this one specific regard).
Seinfeld treated comedy like math.
A joke can be perfected, whittled down to a perfect and easily repeated core. And once you have enough of those, you can just juggle them.
He didnt hang out and get high and drunk with the other comics, he went home and studied the Tonight Show.
I think his greatest weakness is that he can’t read a room very well. That isn’t a skill he prioritized.
Also rehearsing a joke to death the way Seinfeld does makes it seem like you’re listening to something memorized rather than spontaneous.
I saw him live a few years ago. He wasn’t my favorite but I’m glad I went.