Jimmy Carr: His Dark Material
- kinetic
- gentle
- bleak
- cold
- intimate
- funny
Neutral, breathless, gentle comedy, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
How every film is hand-scored →Jimmy Carr finds humor in the darkest of places in this stand-up special that features his dry, sardonic wit — and some jokes he calls "career enders."
Our read · Jimmy Carr: His Dark Material (2021) reads as a neutral, breathless, grounded comedy entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
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The shape of Jimmy Carr
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“You want sharp dark British stand-up that finds laughs in the bleakest topics.”
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