Nick Kroll talks Human Resources, Big Mouth and more
Bullseye with Jesse Thorn
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The Importance of Context in Standup
I think especially in standup, which you've done tons of, both including and not including character work, there is this thing that you need to give the audience a context for them to receive you. And I think when your identity categories include straight, white dude, you're Jewish, but Judaism, a category of whiteness in the United States,. So straight, white Dude, affluent background, like you're walking on stage with something that is indistinctive - unless you're going to do rich guy jokes -- it's also completely hegemonic. It was, you know, I think I was protecting a little bit of like coming from privilege for sure. But my stand up now
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