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| Topic | Where are all the millennial comedians? |
| bigblu89 03/24/23 12:11:27 PM #14: | s0nicfan posted... They're all on netflix. The advent of streaming meant that getting a comedy special isn't the big deal that it was 20 years ago and now there's a million no-name comedians with their own hour-long special on Netflix that you can go watch. It's basically the new version of being on Comedy Central "Half Hour Comedy Hour" they had in the 90's and 2000's. Jagr_68 posted... Are they all like late 40 somethings ie. gen X? Bo Burnham is 32. Ali Wong is 40. John Mulaney is 40. Aparna Nancherla is 40 Patti Harrison is 32 Ilana Glazer is 35 Abbi Jacobson is 39 Demi Adejuyigbe is 30 None of them are even close to being GenX There's a lot of good stand-up being performed by 30 somethings. Problem is, it's not translating to mainstream success because they aren't "graduating" to Sitcom or Comedic movie roles, because both are a relatively dying genre. So there's no millennial Seinfeld, Kevin James or Ray Romano's getting their own shows that turn these standup guys into household names. --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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