Jena Friedman: Sugarcoating Dark Satire

[@copperlapislazuli4156]

Saw her on Adult Swim, she's very talented. I love how she uses dark comedy in a smart way by not being too edgy or redundant with the jokes. This helps her out with her political comedy in a bright method.

[@tomlawhon6515]

I remember my mother in her later years reading about a woman with both arms full of groceries trying to step up into a New York City bus. She fell backwards and dropped her bags of groceries then picked them up and bagged them three times. Anywhere else, the bus driver would have helped the woman, but the New York busdriver said, "Lady you don't need a bus, you need an ambulance." My mother, who had experienced some rude responses on visits to New York, laughed harder than than I ever saw her laugh at anything. She laughed till she cried.

[@tjaspire]

Black audiences are very supportive. We learned it at church! "Go 'head baby." 😂🤣

[@FernandoScarpelli]

God damn I don't know this show, this is the SECOND video i'm seeing of this lady (i liked a short i saw of her standup) but this content is brilliant and stood the test of time, this is very rational approach to free-comedy, let us all unite, we need more of this

[@Om.arweens]

What a great interview. Lots of knowledge of the craft from both sides.

[@avehicleforchange]

"To make it funny, we ALL win" "they write themselves."

[@JohnnyC10071959]

WOW - funny and so deep. She is amazing

[@pdawg4216]

i swear i saw this years ago and forgot about it! glad i could see it again, she's so wonderful

[@douglasconroy2394]

I'm enjoying her newly released book, Not Funny. She does a great job explaining in this interview clip with another minority comic how the very people one might expect to be offended by a particular line most often laugh the hardest. It inspires any humane, honest, and smart person to actually study some cultural anthropology - what she has a degree in - within our increasingly culturally segregated society to de facto improve their funny. 🙂

[@damoncolquhoun]

Quick note. Women aren't a minority group. In fact, in America, they're the majority.

[@dudleybarker2273]

Jena is a national treasure

[@z-mackdos6echo311]

I’ve just discovered you as an entertainer, comedienne. I enjoy your particularly unique delivery of the topic you address in your stand up. You may be white female of privileged, but are a very socially conscious thought provoking humorist. If what ever you say is construed as racist. I’m trying to see where what you’re discussing point if origin. We all have our biases, and prejudices, but I want to understand why an individual thinks the way they do, because we all have our own filter on how we see the world. I didn’t not want to locked into any one in particular, so you have a way in your stand up to broaden that perspective. I kinda hoped your ideas for shows to be developed on Netflix, but I saw nothing as of yet. Your concepts are intriguing, and I’d be interested in viewing. I noticed you have something on Adult Swim. Is this where those ideas are becoming reality? I hope you are able to find your way to the Bay Area for a few nights of stand up.

[@SpecialBlanket]

@ 5:37-- wheelchair user's partner here (and former part-time chair user myself)-- if the joke is that the person could watch their stuff bc the place wasn't accessible, that's not offensive at all. if the idea is that the person couldn't dance, ppl do dance in wheelchairs, so that's misleading.

[@tranquilnice775]

Extremely underrated.

[@jasoneaton4520]

Tanning salon...phew! HAHAHAHAHA

[@bocampbell6735]

Happy to find this channel

[@KOTYAR0]

She is the most adorable and beatiful comedian I have ever seen

[@Om.arweens]

I've been struck by that spell as well

[@evildoesnotsleep-x2b]

she's so talented and deals with dark material

[@linuscalifornia]

Just lucked out the other night and caught her stand-up show. I love her humor and she's nice to look at.

[@linuscalifornia]

:D nailed it.

[@linuscalifornia]

Dirty Grandpa - except she is hilarious.

[@NBCthrall]

She is so intelligent and poignant and speaking woke truths. We should all strive to be more like her. Dirty Grandpa you are less than one dimensional. Oh and you're commenting on her video from 5 years ago... You know what they say about highly critical people, they must be experts at everything!

[@mydogdoesntlikeu]

Love her 😂😂😂

[@NewMessage]

That whole 'apologetically subversive' thing .. nice.. * nods *

[@gefaduro8038]

Did you mean UNapologeticaally?

[@NewMessage]

Gefa Duro nope.

[@gefaduro8038]

New Message shesaid UNapologetically. So what are you a comic genius? Show me a set of yours, Einstein.

[@NewMessage]

Gefa Duro I was complimenting her delivery, not criticizing. You just in the mood to kick people who like her work? She acts apologetic while delivering the lines.. That's the joke. Guess comedy isn't your thing, either, eh? Muted, troll.

[@richardkuda321]

Nice.

[@commentsenabled9963]

Troll me hard! Jena!

[@cho7879]

really loved this conversation, my only note, the USA doesn't have bodies burried under them? I mean yes this was 2013 but come on🤔 how about *all* the latinoamerican dictatorships or I don't know slavery 😂😂😂 what do they teach you guys on high school history class??!

[@flinstones3376]

I immediately thought that. African slaves, genocides of Natives, etc. lol.

[@valhalla1240]

She gives me John Stewart vibes

[@sirkoes187]

She is funny.

[@damoncolquhoun]

Did she say we don't have bodies buried under our cities in America? Seriously? 😂😂😂 Oh well. I still like her comedy though.

[@terrylobos673]

she's attractive

[@mandatorial]

5:54sounds a bit like the trump slogans

[@rob8872]

like, like, like, - aside from that she is funny.

[@jasoneaton4520]

shes gotta be a big Scorpio....obsessed with serial killers hahaha its the scorp generation, born 1983 to 1995.

[@clumsiii]

not a big astro person myself...but i know a few scorps....jena seems a lil more watery...maybe a pisces or even air like sag...ya prob sag. fuck idk .. but not feeling the scorp at all

[@nedisahonkey]

Astrology is bullshit. You're both fools.

[@judithrogers8100]

@@nedisahonkey Wrong!

[@GamingWithUno]

She said 'like' more times than the likes on the video

[@Gouthamedara]

Why is amy more famous than jena? I mean it has to be a jewish woman, we can at least have a funny one

[@valhalla1240]

why can there only be one famous comedian in your narrow world? There's looooooots of them. Also: unnecessary antisemitism.

[@willhelmlastzer1076]

Valhalla. You just waatched a video about Dark Comedy, think about it and them read you "antisemitsm" acusation once more

[@bodbn]

Neither of these Jewish women are funny though.

[@FroehligGirlz]

They don't necessarily see the heart if/when you tell certain jokes. The wombs are the worst....

[@eboshi122]

This gay lady thinks she's hilarious

[@Meroveck]

like like whatever racist haha what?

[@thesoccergod]

Oh man. A rather disillusioning interview. After watching her produce one of the best bits of stand ups I've seen (on Conan's show), this interview just has _way_ too many "likes" for my liking. Seems to me her prepared comedy can be very good and that she has what it takes be a good joke-writer (and playwright even), but there's no doubt that she's a _very_ poor extempore speaker. I couldn't finish the interview for all the "likes" in it. (There's definitely a "take a shot..." game to be played here.)

[@georgedabrowski6900]

At some point, it behooves anyone who says "like" or "ya' know" too much to say, before an interview, the word or phrase about 200 times to themselves. Get it out of your system, or into your system to be at least aware of the word so the first time you use it as a throw away, might prepare you for that being the last time you use it. 🐸

[@pauls6416]

I think she might be one of the worst active comedians on the planet. Like I can’t think of anybody who does more pandering, Hakki bull crap.

[@Meroveck]

Not funny. Gross.

[@clumsiii]

k. thanks for checking in! Love ya! BYE

[@DogratDavis]

Dude calls himself Holy Templar and is a self righteous SJW, checks out!