1. A few thoughts on @hodgman's excellent Vacationland comedy performance, New England Gothic, relatability and the comedy of erudition.
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5. Hodgman practices a very difficult tight-rope genre; the comedy of erudition -- the comedy based on deploying esoteric knowledge.
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6. The comedy of erudition can be contrasted to the more common & populist comedy of relatability.
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@HeerJeet I was fortunate enough to see his last show, I STOLE YOUR DAD, and I can say VACATIONLAND is of a piece with it ... -
@HeerJeet ... both in the graceful structure and its lovely streaks of melancholy. And Christ do I know how pretentious that makes me sound.
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