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If you see Comedian expecting a concert film with Jerry Seinfeld, you'll be disappointed. But if you're looking for an incisive--almost surgical--examination of the psyche of a stand-up comedian, this is your movie. Comedian zigzags back and forth between the hugely successful Seinfeld, who's trying to get back to his stand-up roots by developing an entirely new act, and an unknown comic named Orny Adams, whose naked craving for success is almost painful to behold. Adams lays bare his ego to an embarrassing degree; Seinfeld is more subtle but just as revealing about the fears and anxieties that drive him to go back on stage. By following these two through comedy clubs, festivals, and spots on David Letterman's talk show, the documentary cunningly explores how jokes are put together, the in-the-trenches camaraderie (tinged with competition) of stand-ups, and the sheer existential terror of trying to make people laugh. --Bret Fetzer
From The New Yorker
Like a perverse child knocking over a sandcastle, Jerry Seinfeld takes apart his fame and tries to build it back up again. After the success of "Seinfeld," he returned to the comedy clubs to do standup, presented in this documentary as entertainment in its purest form: the man, the microphone, the audience. For Seinfeld, it's also a ritual of purification, a chance to rediscover his comic chops, like a boxer reëntering the ring. He even ups the ante by refusing to use his old material. A noble experiment, but a corrupt one, because Seinfeld's name is always out ahead of him, smoothing the way. (The compliments outnumber the punch lines.) The fascinating aspect of this film is its portrait of perfectionism, a curse not even celebrity can cure. By the end, you feel that if Seinfeld were to switch places with the young, unknown comedian he mentors, neither would be happy for more than four minutes. -Michael Agger
Copyright © 2006 The New Yorker
If you see Comedian expecting a concert film with Jerry Seinfeld, you'll be disappointed. But if you're looking for an incisive--almost surgical--examination of the psyche of a stand-up comedian, this is your movie. Comedian zigzags back and forth between the hugely successful Seinfeld, who's trying to get back to his stand-up roots by developing an entirely new act, and an unknown comic named Orny Adams, whose naked craving for success is almost painful to behold. Adams lays bare his ego to an embarrassing degree; Seinfeld is more subtle but just as revealing about the fears and anxieties that drive him to go back on stage. By following these two through comedy clubs, festivals, and spots on David Letterman's talk show, the documentary cunningly explores how jokes are put together, the in-the-trenches camaraderie (tinged with competition) of stand-ups, and the sheer existential terror of trying to make people laugh. --Bret Fetzer
From The New Yorker
Like a perverse child knocking over a sandcastle, Jerry Seinfeld takes apart his fame and tries to build it back up again. After the success of "Seinfeld," he returned to the comedy clubs to do standup, presented in this documentary as entertainment in its purest form: the man, the microphone, the audience. For Seinfeld, it's also a ritual of purification, a chance to rediscover his comic chops, like a boxer reëntering the ring. He even ups the ante by refusing to use his old material. A noble experiment, but a corrupt one, because Seinfeld's name is always out ahead of him, smoothing the way. (The compliments outnumber the punch lines.) The fascinating aspect of this film is its portrait of perfectionism, a curse not even celebrity can cure. By the end, you feel that if Seinfeld were to switch places with the young, unknown comedian he mentors, neither would be happy for more than four minutes. -Michael Agger
Copyright © 2006 The New Yorker
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