Cross Hairs
Many people already know this, but comedian/Arrested Development cast member David Cross is a funny guy. (He's also bald, hence the wacky headline. Comedy gold.) So, for your enjoyment, please read his Albums to Listen to While Reading Overwrought Pitchfork Reviews. Believe me, Pitchfork is full of those.
Also for your enjoyment, hopefully, here's a review I did of Cross' DVD, Let America Laugh. We're Americans, and we did.
Oh, first a side note. In looking for a David Cross Web site, I typed in davidcross.com. The result is perhaps the most minimalist (wait, can there be a most minimalist?) site ever.
Now, the article:
David Cross, Let America Laugh, Sub Pop
Documenting a 2002 tour by Mr. Show vet and current Arrested Development cast member David Cross, Let America Laugh—while not as subversively hilarious as the best of Mr. Show—simultaneously displays Cross’ irreverence and the sheer stupidity of some of this country’s citizens. (Consider it an aural companion to Cross’ comedy CD, Shut Up, You Fucking Baby!, recorded during the same tour.) While there are stand-up scenes included—particularly amusing is his closing “squagles” bit—the focus (and genius moments) of Let America Laugh, directed by Lance Bangs, are the non-gig interludes. Particularly priceless is when Cross loiters backstage at Nashville’s Exit/In after the manager kicks him out. Cross mercilessly mocks the guy from the stage for his pre-show, attitude-laced comparison of Nashville to New York and L.A. and an initial refusal to remove tables and chairs from the front of the stage (in order not to lose food sales); he then surreptitiously films the guy’s exasperated reaction when Cross, feigning obliviousness, won’t leave the building. Hilarity ensues. Sharp viewers—well, them and freaky Superchunk fans—will note that Mac McCaughan operates the camera and asks the questions during an interview with a banal girl pontificating on the indie cred of noted counter-culture comedian Robin Williams. Best moment of the deleted scenes is a quick shot of L.A. pop band Arlo wigging out on an unappreciative crowd: “You’re the most enthusiastic oil painting we’ve ever played to.”
Also for your enjoyment, hopefully, here's a review I did of Cross' DVD, Let America Laugh. We're Americans, and we did.
Oh, first a side note. In looking for a David Cross Web site, I typed in davidcross.com. The result is perhaps the most minimalist (wait, can there be a most minimalist?) site ever.
Now, the article:
David Cross, Let America Laugh, Sub Pop
Documenting a 2002 tour by Mr. Show vet and current Arrested Development cast member David Cross, Let America Laugh—while not as subversively hilarious as the best of Mr. Show—simultaneously displays Cross’ irreverence and the sheer stupidity of some of this country’s citizens. (Consider it an aural companion to Cross’ comedy CD, Shut Up, You Fucking Baby!, recorded during the same tour.) While there are stand-up scenes included—particularly amusing is his closing “squagles” bit—the focus (and genius moments) of Let America Laugh, directed by Lance Bangs, are the non-gig interludes. Particularly priceless is when Cross loiters backstage at Nashville’s Exit/In after the manager kicks him out. Cross mercilessly mocks the guy from the stage for his pre-show, attitude-laced comparison of Nashville to New York and L.A. and an initial refusal to remove tables and chairs from the front of the stage (in order not to lose food sales); he then surreptitiously films the guy’s exasperated reaction when Cross, feigning obliviousness, won’t leave the building. Hilarity ensues. Sharp viewers—well, them and freaky Superchunk fans—will note that Mac McCaughan operates the camera and asks the questions during an interview with a banal girl pontificating on the indie cred of noted counter-culture comedian Robin Williams. Best moment of the deleted scenes is a quick shot of L.A. pop band Arlo wigging out on an unappreciative crowd: “You’re the most enthusiastic oil painting we’ve ever played to.”
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