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Published · transcript-backedTyler Cowen: evaluation
26 Jul 2023 Conversations with Tyler Noam Dworman on Stand-Up Comedy and Staying Open-Minded
“I think of the Americans as more explicitly presenting themselves in your face as entertainers.”
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- Tyler Cowen
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- evaluation
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- 26 Jul 2023
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- Conversations with Tyler
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…And for the Comedy Cellar. They’re friends of Louis, they’re friends of somebody. Somehow, they’ve gotten in the door, and they’ve decided for themselves that this is a good audience for them. So, I don’t know the answer, but I enjoy British comedy. I think of the Americans as more explicitly presenting themselves in your face as entertainers. The British comics start off by positioning their class relative to yours in some way. That’s one of the fundamental differences. When Ricky Gervais did those famous — was it the Golden Globes? Was that particularly British, would you say? Was there something about that that an American comic wouldn’t have done?…
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