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23 de agosto de 2007

O melhor da Stand up comedy americana.

Lewis Niles Black (born August 30, 1948) is a Grammy Award-winning American stand-up comedian, author, playwright, and actor.

He is known for his regular appearances on Comedy Central's The Daily Show delivering his “Back in Black” commentary segment, in which he ridicules (often simulating a nervous breakdown or rant) recent trends and cultural phenomena. He currently lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Comedic style
Lewis Black's style of comedy is that of a man who, in dealing with the absurdities of life and contemporary politics, is approaching his personal limits of sanity.
Sarcasm, profanity, shouting, and trademark angry finger-shaking bring emphasis to his topics of discussion. He once described his humor as "being on the Titanic every single day and being the only person who knows what is going to happen."
A good portion of Black's political material seems to be aimed at exposing both the comedy and tragedy of staunch
conservatism, as well as disbelief at the mystifying combination of thick-headedness and condescending attitude in authority figures. Black seems just as disenchanted with Democrats as Republicans.
Black describes his political affiliation as such: "I'm a
socialist, so that puts me totally outside any concept ... the Canadians get it. But seriously, most people don't get it. The idea of capping people's income just scares people. 'Oh, you're taking money from the rich.' Ooh, what a horrifying thing. These people really need $200 million".
As a political comedian, Lewis Black is also not without negative response and criticism. However, his rage-like comedy style often defuses potentially difficult situations. In a performance of "Red, White, and Screwed" in Honolulu this year, Lewis Black responded to a heckler.
In Konocti, California, when a drunken heckler shouted, "Three thousand dead children!" in the middle of a Dick Cheney rant, he spent ten minutes yelling angrily at her until she left. He said, "That's definitely on my list of top 10 weirdest heckles."
Black lists his comedic influences as
George Carlin, Lenny Bruce, Richard Pryor, Lily Tomlin, Bob Newhart, and Shelley Berman


"The three stages of security should be

Jesus Christ.

God Damn.

Fuck me!!"

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