Y’know, for someone who claims to have an entire life
philosophy based on making people laugh, I am remarkably out of step with the
modern comedy scene. I don’t watch a lot of TV, so I’m not seeing the sitcoms
that get these actors their first major platform, and what passes for stand-up
nowadays is a bit… well, try-hard. As I’ve said in the past, I’d be fine with
the whole ‘safe space to decry safe spaces’ thing is people were at least a little
self-aware about it, and it feels like too many are banking on outrage over
actually being funny nowadays.
At any rate, between all of this, I find myself questioning
why I keep seeing certain actors popping up in comedy films. Actors like
Jillian Bell, a comedian I don’t have any experience with outside of the films
I’ve reviewed, and someone who has never really made her case as a recurring
comedic presence for me. Until now, that is.
