Todays Specials
All jokes aside, stand-up is getting artful onscreen.
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End Times Fun, Marc Marons appropriately apocalyptic 2020 Netflix special, opens with the comedian considering his role.
Stand-up specials havent always been much to look at.
(If a comedian is doing something physical, it better be a head-to-toe shot, he explained.
If hes making a poignant point, it better be on a close shot.)
But these were exceptions to the rule.
Even the most popular comedians made specials sparingly.
(SinceShamelessthat year, C.K.
has released eight specials total.)
(Katt Williams, for example, filmed ten specials before his 2018 Netflix debut.)
A year later, Burnham directedJerrod Carmichaels HBO special,8.
It doesnt always work.
In this form, its a work of art.
And whats more special than that?
