Last night a friend performed at one of the big comedy clubs out here.
Dope except for it was black night

My friend did well, before she went on not one but TWO different dudes had a routine that went:

"Yesterday was MLK Day, how many a yall seen Selma?", both with jokes about what Instagram and trending topics would have been like back then

the absolute worst.

not to mention, I guess any sentence with "niggas" or "bitches" is supposed to make me laugh because Im black and the comedian is black

edit to add: I respect the bravery that it even takes to get up there and attempt entertaining an audience but please try better

You better watch how you talk about Black people.


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"Today is your day to have a better life -- it's your right."

i thought you were working on your nonsensical-negativity.

what happened with that?

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..but i hear u...i watched Hannibal do a small set on Comedy Central one night and the next night i saw him on Comic View...it's was like two totally different people performed....i forget that comedians feel the need to "black it up" sometimes

I think we just call those folks hacks. They're everywhere.

White amateurs are bad because they're unfunny. Black amateurs are bad because they're unfunny. They're just unfunny in different ways. The overly black shit probably just touches a nerve with you because it's familiar and you recognize the laziness and hackery.

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The overly black shit probably just touches
>a nerve you because it's familiar and you recognize the
>laziness and hackery.

I only specified race because it was black night and I never go see live comedy

>I only specified race because it was black night and I never go see live comedy

you specified black because you want the world to know that you disapprove of being black.

dude. it's okay.

we get it:

i hate black people who talk in public
i hate black people who are early in their career and make jokes on stage
i hate black people who ...

carry on.

only you're online doing it so you lack social skills and friends in general

it's old and not even interesting. OKP was way uglier before you started trolling, we all grew up though

and what does the historical ugliness of OKP have to do with anything?

dont give me no lessons about OKP, i was here.

and i still can't understand why you think it's okay to wish death on someone.

remember when that DJ teddy bear killed himself? didn't you learn how important it is to cherish life and shit, above all?

and you bring this death shit to me?

what the fuck man?

Painful indeed.


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"Today is your day to have a better life -- it's your right."

amateur or not

it's a part of our culture. We're gregarious, and when we go to comedy shows we want to laugh and we do. There is no better audience for a comedian (or magician) than a room full of black folk.

If you're a comedian, and you're consistently killing, why would you change your material?

>it's a part of our culture. We're gregarious, and when we go
>to comedy shows we want to laugh and we do. There is no better
>audience for a comedian (or magician) than a room full of
>black folk.
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>If you're a comedian, and you're consistently killing, why
>would you change your material?

And that goes for any form of entertainment created by Black people.


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I do comedy in my area and that's the main thing I struggle with. Most (not all) of the Black comics have the same tired ass material and it makes me sick just waiting for my turn to perform. The crowd has a lot to do with the subject matter and style.
Here's the run down of what I see

1. DJ plays some top 40 song and the comic plays on that for the first 2-3 minutes.
2. Black People/White People shit
3. Where my Church People?
4. Remember when you got your ass whipped?

I'm being very general but there's not much deviation from those subjects. It's very frustrating when you're actually attempting to perform something original. I do well in most environments but I don't like performing in front of an all black crowd. I prefer a mixed crowd because I talk to more than just black folk.



















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Here's an example. We've performed in the same venues a few times! I'm at work so I don't have time to find the comics who really get on my nerves.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-blePZ18UQM





















You don't impress me!!




RIP Reggie...I love you!! http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb449/Mynewstuff2011/RegLover.jpg



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That was back in August of last year...I start in the 39th minute. None of that material is in my current act though!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyejoqTJ7Zo










You don't impress me!!




RIP Reggie...I love you!! http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb449/Mynewstuff2011/RegLover.jpg



http://penilegenius.tumblr.com/

not nearly as bad as i was expecting.

good job.

The worse part for me is that I didn't have the microphone close enough to my mouth. I'm still a work in progress but THANKS!








You don't impress me!!




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i thought the same thing about amateur comedy in general before i started doing knitting factory but every one of those comedians on the bill are good, even though some aren't great. they clearly had talent

and there are some good shows in nyc that are free/cheap with those same comedians so i like to suggest people go to those shows

but sometimes funny folks get booked on shitty bills and you have to deal with the wackness but discounting it overall isn't the move if you're into comedy

I feel like they let anyone go on stage last night

a friend and i remarked how it's similar to DJing

you end up on bills w/ folks or go check out other folks and you connect and support each other and put each other on bills if/when you can and work on other shit if that's what you do (like comedy writing)

at least that's what it looks like to me. it's very much how it is w/ DJing. i don't think it's vetted more than it's just that folks kinda come up together and you help those who help you that you feel that you're on par with. cream rises to the top. some open mic type nights aren't that good but that's part of the process.

those comedians definitely know each other as far as the KF shows go. they chill together in some capacity and build offstage/off showtime. they also drink a lot. lol.

knitting factory is/was on a sunday so i usually just do the show and cab it home b/c a sista gotta work in the AM

one time i got to hang back b/c i had a day off and one of comedians remarked that i must have like a boyfriend or a happy life to be out so fast after every show. lol. i would love to chill b/c i know how that works in my field but unfortunately i can't phone it in at the job . at least not this new job.

she is WAY BETTER THAN ANY ONE ELSE IVE SEEN HER PERFORM ON A BILL WITH

lol. i had to say it in caps. she's gonna be huge.

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i caught one show she did. the rest were awful but i had never heard of them. yeah she's going to rise. just a matter of time.

good to know the homie is out here

http://www.chanelali.com/

next time she's in NY i'll let y'all know

i fux with her. good looks!

that shit is upstairs in the belly room and it's epic every week.
trippin on Tuesday is cool bc large niggas pop in, but it can be wack too.
depends on who's in town

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No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public. (c) HL Mencken or some other motherfucker.

they tryna take it to tv
but it's hard to get a good deal with a network that won't try to change everything and make Brandon T Jackson the host.

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No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public. (c) HL Mencken or some other motherfucker.

Inbox.

Most amateur comedy is the worst.

Open mics, bringer shows, whatever. They're bad. It's also how comics become GOOD - having to do shows like that. If you can come out of that and develop an act, you're going to be okay.

Now with a lot of that said - many shows that target a certain demographic of comics (IE black night, Latino night, women, gay, whatever) aren't great either. Rather than producing a show with great comics, they're targeting comics based on race/sex/orientation and not content.

where they had White comedians go before our show, the Improv actually...and even did the same at The Mint. And man....it was where the whole audience would laugh each time, and I just felt like it was an inside joke that I wasn't even supposed to understand.

Like, it would really be shit like.....White dude comes out with a glass of water, and says "hey audience! *they respond* This water is good.....the best tap water L.A. has to offer!! *crowd laughs*....I should just put a mint leaf in it, and call it a Tap-Jito!!! *crowd laughs haaaard* Yeah...just bottle up water from Downtown bathroom sinks and package it up, and call it....Tappp, Heeeeeee-to!!!!! *crowd laughs, then claps...then 10 seconds of silence til the next joke*

...some bland White comedian telling that joke? I've seen White comics telling corny jokes of that nature where they'd get major laughs and I would wonder what the hell was everyone laughing at. I try to think that the crowd is drunk and/or high.


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That's really the type shit they'll say to get MAJOR laughs off of!

That's really the type shit they'll say to get MAJOR laughs off of!

Very little creativity. Pretty much all the jokes are about Jordans or some racial stereotype

but you didn't even ask all that. i just had to let that out tho
lol

lol

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being funny is not easy.

getting people to relate to you is harder.

taking all that AND being somewhat, if not completely original, is the hardest.

i don't think it's a black or white thing. it's probably just more noticeable because there are fewer black people doing standup. if you went to an all-white night you'd think the same.

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