Jimmy Carr is a comedian whose jokes are sometimes even by British standards simply overwhelmed with black humor and obscenities. You can love or hate Carr, but just staying indifferent to him will be difficult. Fans after his particularly harsh statements will grin and say “typical Jimmy,” while the enemies will have a thousand reasons to remember whose feelings he hurt. Self-criticism and self-irony complement this image - and in it Jimmy Carr is unsurpassed.
“Yes, there's no getting away from it - I look like a gentleman-rapist”
If Jimmy were a culinary dish, he would have consisted entirely of wanliners, of which he is a master. The Wanliners are short jokes, and there are no long monologues in Carr's speeches that the audience listens with bated breath. No, harsh statements causing an explosive wave of laughter - this is his style.
Some facts
Jimmy Carr, whose biography is not as interesting as the themes of his performances, began his career as a stand-up comedian at twenty-six. His active work began in 2000 (Carr just turned 28, he was born on September 15, 1972 in London), before that Jimmy received a strict Catholic education, and then worked in the marketing department. Does that sound boring? So Carr thought so - the protracted depression was overcome with the help of a psychotherapist, and Jimmy, having hit all the hardest, showed the world a stand-up, who does not disdain the speeches of the most slippery and unacceptable topics - he jokes on the topic of atheism, pedophilia, invalids and cripples.
Insult everyone!
Needless to say, with this approach, tons of indignation invariably fall on Jimmy Carr's head? The infamous - such an epithet is very to his face. But what’s interesting is that the stand-up does not consider it necessary to make excuses, no, he is always calm. Even when a joke about Iraqi and Afghani amputated soldiers brought him a lot of proceedings, Jimmy Carr (whose photo is presented in this article) replied that he did not see anything in it - he was always joking on such topics, what should confuse him?
What is good?
Despite all the complaints, Jimmy Carr has thousands of fans around the world. He is also popular in his homeland - in Britain, not only thousands of people come to his show to listen to the comedian, but also buy DVDs with performances and quote particularly memorable one-liners.
Guest of numerous programs
British humor to those who know little about it may seem very strict and conservative. In fact, this is an amazing interweaving of intelligence and vulgarity, rudeness and subtlety. England is pleased to present dozens of quiz programs from which you can learn interesting facts and expand the boundaries of your knowledge, but which abound in jokes on the verge of intolerance. One of them is Big Fat Quiz of the Year ("Big Fat Annual Quiz"). Jimmy Carr is her constant presenter. We are glad to see him at Quite Interesting ("Quite Interesting") - also a quiz that, fortunately, comes out more often than once a year.
“Why pretend to be so?”
What does Jimmy Carr remember? Well, besides his scabbling jokes, from which bigots turn their backs with obvious disgust? Those who have ever seen his show will answer right away - with laughter. It is true, his laughter already guarantees a similar reaction in the hall. He's, frankly, weird. But Jimmy, the ironic Jimmy, the self-critical Jimmy, without a twinge of conscience, jokes with his own peculiarity.
In one of the speeches, Carr says that he is “wrong,” explaining that “ordinary people laugh as they exhale, but I laugh when we inhale.” The statement ends in a typical stand-up style: “as if a goose is preparing for battle.”
So if the first time you meet Carr, the question arises as to whether he is pretending to be, so what, as he himself answered: “Why, so, to pretend?”
Immoral type
Is Jimmy Carr joking in black? Definitely. Does the unacceptable, in the opinion of the majority, concern those? This is true too. Does he have haters? Yes sir. Do they love him? Oh yes, how else!
But wait, why then love him? To some extent, because he embodies British humor. No, of course, there are still worthy stand-upers, no worse, but Carr, with his equanimity, sharp tongue, improvisation, is not forbidden to him. And people want to feel this freedom, to hear what they themselves would not dare to say, letting go of the stereotypical framework.
Of course, there are those who call Jimmy Carr's humor nothing more than “outhouse”. Well, despite the fact that the comedian clearly walks on thin ice, now and then bending the stick, you will not refuse intellectuality either. He is smart, like all worthy ones who take up a stand-up in England - because this is precisely the genre in this country.
Finally
Enough has been said to understand who Jimmy Carr is. But best of all, his aphorisms and appearances will say it for him. It’s definitely worth a look at least once. Maybe even drag on a much larger number of shows.
We conclude the article with a quote from Jimmy:
“Have you ever lied to get out of an awkward situation? Situations get out of hand very quickly. I heard about a girl who lied to her husband about how she became pregnant. And now it's a whole religion. ”