My FANTASY (clean comedy) ROAST Team (sandra mickanen!)
L.O.V.E.
we are fresh off watching the roast of tom brady.. and i can re-watch, with ease and joy, the roast of justin beiber,
i appreciate from a writer's perspective; i appreciate from a loving-to-laugh perspective; and as i've written before, i believe -highest i.q., highest form of intelligence; some of our most evolved human beings -comedians
it has to do with transcending: seeing clearly the absurdities of life; the injustices; the tragic; the non-sensical; the painfully-true things and experiences
has to do with revealing the skeletons in our 'walk-in-crawl-out' closets
i appreciate and understand the roast code: nothing sacred; target the most emotionally/psychologically sensitive areas [remind you of middle school?];
and so it is the craft of 'writing' a solidly good story 'joke' or one-liner, roast style, that i just love. the best retorts.. and the like [literal humor still my favorite].
... it is, even more specifically for me personally: the things we cannot control or have an influence over.. and rather than sink
comedians allow us to swim in laughter. comedians are our buoy in the ocean of pains & sorrows, AND, an excellent reveal of current cultural events and practices -you can, research newspapers, magazines from the past to better understand history; true.
but, just as accurate, and most definitely more fun: research the stand-up routines -pay attention to who is laughing at what -when & why.. and equally important: what jokes fail, when the response is silence; moans & groans, not laughter
they reveal the zeitgeist of their time
all that said to get here: my fantasy roast team. an outstanding writing challenge! where the result benefits humanity in general
-the Christian in me, does squirm, in reaction to the amount of cussing, gross/crude, ultra raunchy words/stories; vulgar references that are an intricate, predictable/expected (mandatory?) part of a traditional roast
-inspired by the concept of fantasy football leagues, and with a high appreciation for stand-up comedy;
my mind has been working on my fantasy roast team: a roast, a clean roast..
and it may not, at first, seem even possible, to extract the raunch and still have a roast
but, the writer in me KNOWS it is possible! if your exposure to comedy has been to witness or participate in standing ovations for comedians who employ F bombs and vulgar references..
/and i have witnessed; and i have participated..
but, if that is your only exposure, you can mistakenly believe those things are required
they are not.
i have several, but my two most, favorite, favorite, clean comedians of today are Nate Bargatze & Leanne Morgan. -Can't "Thank You!" enough for how hard, how long, you make me laugh out loud..
So,
Dear Netflix Promoter Person...
hallelujah! selah! amen!
#comedy #fantasycomedyroast #natebargatze #leannemorgan #lovetolaugh
p.s. i just wrote all that without first checking if such a thing already exists...
posted by SANDRA HARRISON KAY @ 9:57 AM
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