Review: Patrice O’Neal, “Unreleased” CD
Crowd work, in the hands of a lesser comic, is a crutch to kill time while making the audience feel like it’s part of the act. In the hands of an insult comic, the crowd serves a slightly more vital yet just as gimmicky role. Who are you? What do you do for a living? Something something haha look at you. Patrice O’Neal was no insult comic. He was a giant who made most other headliners feel like lesser comics in his presence. And to him, the audience on any given night in the comedy club he inhabited would...
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