Comedian | Allan Havey, Dom Irrera

Comedian | Allan Havey, Dom Irrera | Great Insight Into The Life of a Comedian

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Comedian

	Comedian Allan Havey, Dom Irrera Miramax, 2003 average customer review:based on 88 reviews view larger image
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Intimate look at the trials of stand-up comedy through the eyes of comedy veteran Jerry Seinfeld, and new-comer Orny Adams.
Genre: Documentary
Rating: R
Release Date: 3-NOV-2004
Media Type: DVD

Very Good

This was a great DVD. Jerry is seen, "behind the camera." He is human, he does say things that aren't always funny. The DVD was edited beautifully by putting in all the clips in a way that put a lot of theme into the DVD. Being labeled as a, "slow movie," is descriptive, not derogatory. The film encourages interest and understanding into the lives of comedians and Jerry Seinfeld himself. It is a very classy film in that Jerry does not have to be the star everyone knows that he already is. Watch it!

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Great Insight Into The Life of a Comedian

This is an engrossing film that highlights the life of an up-and-coming comic, against mega-comic Jerry Seinfeld's return to stand-up. It features many interesting behind the scenes situations with Jerry's famous comic friends. Well shot and crafted. As an interesting comparison, watch Jerry and friends early appearances on The Tonight Show when they were first starting out - The Best of The Tonight Show - Stand-Up Comedians (2 Discs)

Note the TITLE!

COMEDIAN is a documentary about, yes, comedians--in particular Jerry Seinfeld and Orny Adams. It is NOT a movie about comedy, about being funny, or writing jokes, nor is it a set or sequences of sets. If that's what you're hoping for, you will definitely be disappointed. But I've just watched it on the eve of my performance in the finals of the Funniest Person in Hong Kong contest, and watching Adams and especially Seinfeld is incredibly helpful. That Seinfeld, whose name has become synonymous with standup, is this riddled with self-doubt, is astonishing. What Adams had to do--rewrite his material THE DAY of his appearance on Late Night with David Letterman at the request of the producers (he wasn't allowed to say 'lupus'!)--is an eye-opener. So, no, most of it isn't funny; a lot of it is slow; but this is the life of a comedian. So, what's the deal with reviewers who can't read titles?

And BTW, Adams is a tortured human being whose personality would be funny...IF it were an act. YIKES!

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