I like true stories but I guess every comedian lies and exaggerates - it's basically part of the job. I can understand laughter and some applause, but here it keeps cutting off his flow and comes at inappropriate times - they're clearly desperate for (his) attention. They're just dying to touch him or be near him. It's amazing that adults can get this excited about a regular human being. This audience also seems to be allergic to quiet - they appear to have an urgent need to fill any and every moment of silence they can find with screaming, shouting, cheering and applause. The Beatles stopped touring in 1965 because of their screaming fans - they couldn't hear themselves or their music. There are glimpses of it but too often it's interrupted by unnecessary additions or side-tracking. It's a shame because I think he's capable of hilarious, insightful comedy. Maybe it's because of the huge, fanatical audience. The problem is that he goes for too many easy jokes. And many of his ideas here are quite interesting and deep, even though the topics are pretty common (relationships, sex, family). He has good timing and plenty of energy and physical skills. I think Dane Cook is a funny person, he has a natural comedic sense and can execute ideas well. Although when I was in high school (20 years ago) and knew nothing about relationships or life, I probably would have liked it a lot more. Overall, I just didn't relate to any of his self-absorbed humor, and the "observations" seemed to come from a world that I did not recognize. So, where is the humor? One last example - he refers to word "chit-chat" as "chat-chit" and then actually states something to the effect that he is very clever. Some women enjoy seeing men masturbate, and many do not. The joke goes something like: "what if she said, thanks for asking, but no, I don't really want to see that." Are you wondering where the joke is? Me too. He asks if she likes it and she, like other women, "always" says "ooooh yeah". Another example - he brings a girl home and she starts masturbating, and he does too. Girls and young boys could probably relate. Therefore, I chuckled at the jokes, although I was thinking that it had nothing to do with any reality that I personally experience. Sure, I cry at certain things, but I never need a "good cry." I am not trying to sound tough here, it's just that I don't know any adult men that come home from work, and just start bawling because they wanted to cry their hearts out all day long. Many other jokes just missed the mark for me, such as the bit about crying - and the implication that "everyone" needs a good cry. Always? Really? His over-the-top descriptions of how men and women argue seemed completely false. His "observations" about relationships seemed like they were made by someone who had been in maybe 2 relationships, neither of which lasted more than 6 months - yet he used the words women "always" do such-and-such, men "always" do whatever. Most of the jokes seemed to be the kind that a teenager might make up. However, overall this just didn't do it for me. First, the compliments: it was interesting to see him perform "in the round", his physicality is admirable, and his ability to go from extremely clean (or even child-like) jokes to extremely vulgar jokes shows a nice range. On the whole, I thought this was pretty lame, but I can see how certain people might enjoy it - e.g., Catholic college kids, anyone under 18, or women (or gay men) who think Dane Cook is hot. Ted's Evaluation - 3 of 3: Worth watching. Look closely at the design of the pattern. If you are interested in who you are, surely you are interested in why you laugh. But it hardly matters because our investment in the story is deep enough for us to laugh at less clever comic devices. He's less talented at turning that attention into the sort of startling twists or insights that constitute great humor. What works here is that the man does draw us unto his stories. Its the Bill Cosby style of storytelling. These aren't jokes they're life, spun in a way that we have to laugh. If we laugh at things, we clump them together as if they had something in common. For instance, we have this category of "hobbies," a strange way to organize things we choose to do. We clump things together because of characteristics that show we do not understand. This movie includes the top athletes of the industry, plus the introduction of Graham Agassiz and Isael CotÚ.You know, we fool ourselves. Featuring the first ever 65 foot 'Double Road Gap', some of the gnarliest tricks ever done on a mountain bike and the fastest racers coming out of Canada. 'Vicious Circle' pushes the limits of what can be accomplished on a bike. Filmed through both sides of North America.
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