{"id":4213,"date":"2023-11-03T21:20:01","date_gmt":"2023-11-04T01:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/entertainment\/daniel-sloss-on-russell-brand-and-comedy-about-dark-topics\/03\/11\/2023\/"},"modified":"2023-11-03T21:20:01","modified_gmt":"2023-11-04T01:20:01","slug":"daniel-sloss-on-russell-brand-and-comedy-about-dark-topics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/entertainment\/daniel-sloss-on-russell-brand-and-comedy-about-dark-topics\/03\/11\/2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Sloss on Russell Brand and Comedy About Dark Topics"},"content":{"rendered":"

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How did you decide to turn to different material?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I think it was my fourth Fringe show when I decided to do darker jokes, stuff that wouldn\u2019t make it on television. And I think every day of that run, I watched about 15 or 20 people leave. That was never fun, but I was fine with it because I\u2019m like, I stand behind everything I\u2019m saying now. I will defend that this is funny.<\/p>\n

The best standup, for me, is the sort that makes you think. I remember the first time I saw Jim Jefferies do his gun control routine<\/a>. It\u2019s so funny, but it\u2019s made me think profoundly about it. And I could see it making people in the audience think.<\/p>\n

You can get away with some of these things because people believe that you have a moral center.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yes. I think there\u2019s something about being vulnerable to people \u2014 it\u2019s honesty, and I think they see goodness in that.<\/p>\n

When I did \u201cDark,\u201d the feedback was really good. I loved the silences. I loved the challenge of it. How am I going to make people laugh with the death of a 6-year-old disabled girl? How can you pull humor out of that? And the answer is the same way that my family pulled humor out of it. You don\u2019t laugh at the tragedy itself. You acknowledge the tragedy. And while looking around it, you can find things to make fun of, because the most powerful thing in the world is to laugh in the face of death.<\/p>\n

You talk in \u201cX\u201d about learning the stats on how common, and underprosecuted, sexual assault and rape are after your friend, who gave you permission to discuss it, disclosed what happened to her. Did you wonder why more men don\u2019t learn about that? What made you want to talk about it?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Because me and the group of friends, we felt so stupid, man. He admitted it the second we confronted him \u2014 which blew our minds. Looking back, there were plenty of signs, which we chose to ignore, because we put it down to banter, like, \u201cHey, he\u2019s just saying things that we all say.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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How did you decide to turn to different material? I think it was my fourth Fringe show when I decided to do