A special reversal stand-up on its own reinvent the art form

By Robert Scucci
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If you are unfamiliar with Reuben Solo’s non-brand of stand-up comedy, you may not find yourself guffawing with a latest glee, Please clap. But if you’re in on the joke, or have been following the online presence of the Australian comedian over the years, you’ll feel right at home with his inverted, postmodern brand of a display that is almost too self-conscious to be funny, but not so up his own donkey until he loses his sense of humor. Acts as a one -man show with lot From audience participation and sound drops deliberately set by his sound technician James, Reuben Solo: Clap please Particularly dive deep into his own comedy craft, but he does not wear his welcome thanks to solo readiness to press the absurd.

The show’s framework

Reuben Solo: Clap please is framed as a redemption arc for the comedian, which last year was boiled off stage during America’s got talent Audition. During the audition, he struck the golden buzzer himself, to the greatness of Heidi Klum, Sofia VergaraHowie Mandel, and Simon Cowell before the judges gave him the boot together and told him he wasn’t funny. When reviewing the photos of his catastrophic performance, Reuben Solo finds himself in deep depression, and wondering whether he should give up his dream of becoming a comedian.

Solving to justify herself, he dressed up in the same uniform he was wearing on America’s got talent and makes his way to the stage where his audience awaits eagerly. At this point you will find yourself wondering that Failed Reuben Solo Ag An audition was just an elaborate setup Clap, please Or if he actually bombed in front of the judges and was inspired to produce this special in response to the poor reception he was carried for his stunt.

I still don’t know the answer to this question because the meta-humor is in Reuben Solo: Clap please goes deep.

Just inside a little inside a few

In rampant with deliberately fitted startups, jokes are so bad that they appear to be designed to make the audience uncomfortable when they don’t pay off, and frequent intervention from James, Reuben Solo: Clap please Reminding someone of Bo Burnham’s comedy in the sense that all aspects of the show must be exercised carefully for the light and sound gags to be properly implemented. At one time, Solo even answers a call on his mobile phone before telling an audience member that the call for them is actually giving them the phone, and punishing them for taking a phone call during tapping his special.

After dragging out the passage for longer than any other comedian would ever dare, his phone is eventually given back, only to find out by the same audience member who cannot use it during tapping, which encourages him to leave and let the man take his place on stage.

This goes on … for a while.

Anti-comedy made properly

By mocking the congregation (and himself) every step of the road, Reuben’s “crowd work” Reuben Please clap Also deliberately uncomfortable because when it finds a solid jump point to their humor, it turns to GAGs as an elaborate lie sensor tests signed by buzzer, ding, and red and green lights to indicate whether audience members are true in their answers to their appearing questions that seem harmless. Each time a solo goes back on stage, he motivates the cameraman, but only before asking James to assess the passage before either moving on to the next one or trying to give himself earnest.

Constantly worried whether his microphone stand is messing the shot, Reuben Solo is graceful working through his tragedy of set in Please clap.

Not for everyone

Special as Reuben Solo: Clap please not for everyone because you can’t enjoy it as one -off Stand-up specialBut rather an extension to the cannon and literature that solo has been established for its persona on stage through its online presence over the years. Simply put, there are too many winks and goals along the way to lift what it throws down fully if you are unfamiliar with its work, and it presents his comedy at such a wild rate that it’s hard to keep up with it if you don’t know what you’re coming into. However if you have been keeping an eye on Reuben’s solo then Please clap A complete feast for anti-comedy fans because enjoying the joke means being completely on the joke before the special even starts.

From this writing you can watch Reuben Solo: Clap please Free on YouTube.