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Comedians Wax Poetic on the Virtue of Choking in ‘Dying Laughing’ Trailer
Comedians Wax Poetic on the Virtue of Choking in ‘Dying Laughing’ Trailer
Comedians Wax Poetic on the Virtue of Choking in ‘Dying Laughing’ Trailer
It’s the bugaboo that every comic who’s ever gripped a mic and squinted into the spotlight knows all too well: silence. You keep telling the jokes, and your best material isn’t getting a peep. The flop sweat starts to gather at the small of your back, and all of a sudden, you regret not taking the bottle of water they offered you backstage. The colloquial turn is ‘choking’ or ‘bombing,’ and it happens to the best of the best. They admit as much themselves in the new trailer for the upcoming stand-up documentary Dying Laughing; all the Emmys in the world can’t protect the biggest talents in the world from an occasional nuclear-class bombing, and the upcoming doc captures all the agony and ecstasy of life in comedy.
Chris Rock Returning to Stand-Up With Two Netflix Specials
Chris Rock Returning to Stand-Up With Two Netflix Specials
Chris Rock Returning to Stand-Up With Two Netflix Specials
Netflix seems to have equal amounts of exclusive stand-up specials to complement its ever-growing ranks of original series, but when Chris Rock gets involved, we stand-up and take notice. After an eight-year absence from the stage, Rock will return in 2017 with not one, but two new Netflix comedy specials, following a new world tour.