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Jerrod Carmichael’s ‘Don’t Be Gay’ Proves the Comedian Is a Master Storyteller: TV Review
It&#;s been three years since Jerrod Carmichael came out publicly in his Emmy-winning comedy particular &#;Rothaniel.&#; Following the special&#;s debut, the year-old comedian, who obviously loves the spotlight, allowed the cameras to follow him in the eight-episode unscripted series, &#;Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show.&#; In his latest HBO comedy special, &#;Jerrod Carmichael&#;s Don&#;t Be Gay,&#; he reflects on what happened after allowing cameras to witness some of the most intricate details of his life, his long-time boyfriend Michael and his current relationship with his family – to hilarious effect. Witty, brash, guttingly honest and slightly heartbreaking, in &#;Don&#;t Be Gay,&#; Carmichael is reconciling how much the fear of being outed made him forget about the one other thing that affects his everyday life: racism.
Filmed this past February at the Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater in New York Town, &#;Don&#;t Be Gay&#; opens with Carmichael standing on stage, a simple, velvet beige curtain acting as the backdrop behind him. He immediately begins chatting
Jerrod Carmichael Expects More Vulnerability From Comedy
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Jerrod Carmichael says he is on a quest for connection. Transformers shoot than promote the new hour. Don’t Be Gay, his latest stand-up special for HBO, follows ’s experimental Reality Show and ’s groundbreaking Rothaniel in the comic’s very public journey with his sexuality. And while his frank conversations about sex is still too much for some of his audience, it’s not stopping him from prioritizing vulnerability in his perform.
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Don&#;t Be Gay is almost disarmingly frank about sex. What made you want to go there with your first hour since Rothaniel?
I like speaking explicitly about sex. It&#;s exciting because it&#;s the complete opposite of my life for many, many years. It was all suppression. Now, especially creature in a relationship, I feel compelled to articulate the experience. I speculate I hadn&#;t heard that a lot in comedy. And that’s funny, because, in a sense, it is what you wanted from Louis [C.K.]. He was going around the edges of truly articulating sexual experiences, but there&#;s that glaring truth that he didn&#;t acknowledge. The same t
Jerrod Carmichael Has Done the Unthinkable
Jerrod Carmichael often does something unusual for a comedian: He stops talking. In a medium that frequently moves a mile a minute, Jerrod will pause, he will position , he will try to pull the right words and place them in the right order to express exactly what he’s thinking. The long, soul-searching silences that punctuated his HBO special, Rothaniel, are evident throughout his performances these days. They suspend there, unfilled by audience participation, more compelling than most comics’ whole sets. He’s comfortable in the searching, under the stage lights.
“I’m considering, adv, what am I saying to you?” he says. “Why should it matter? Why should you listen?” Carmichael wants to deposit on a good reveal because he believes act is a revelation. When he was three years old, his mother worked as an usher at a church in North Carolina. After the services, Carmichael would ask her to hold him up to the microphone so he could hear his voice on the loudspeaker. “I think your voice being amplified,” he says, “is a miracle.”
Jerrod Carmichael photographed inside his house in New York Capital in March His recent show is unlike anything w
Jerrod Carmichael’s new special &#;Don&#;t Be Gay&#; is surprisingly hollow
Jerrod Carmichael’s stand-up distinct, Rothaniel, was a masterpiece. The hour-long show drew headlines because the comedian publicly came out as gay to the audience in an act of vulnerability, honesty and storytelling brilliance.
Last summer, Carmichael released a possibly too personal eight-part unscripted series called Jerrod Carmichael Truths Show that let viewers in on his infidelities, therapy sessions and adoration life. He&#;s followed that up with his latest stand-up special, Don’t Be Gay, where Carmichael reverts to his pre-Rothaniel self: a cynic who revels in discomfort at the expense of the vulnerability and communal feeling we got from him three years ago.
The first not many minutes of a stand-up set often determine the tone and where the comedian wants to grab the audience throughout the performance. I was surprised, then, that Carmichael&#;s place began with him using the r-word, an ableist slur, twice as a punchline. It was a surprising move for someone who, after Rothaniel, became one of the not many comedians to push assist on Dave Chappelle’s transphobic comedy, calling for something
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