Is it cringe when comedians try to write "le serious novel?"
>>216044762>leGo back. You are cringe.
>a novelholy cringe
>>216044798haha i hate it when they do that
Is it on topic when standup comedians are writing novels?
>>216044762It works for actors
>>216044762serious novels are cringe in general yeah
>>216044762No but "A Novel" on the cover of your novel sure is
>>216044762>le serious urban intellectual writes a serious novel about folksy white trash retards living a miserable life in the early 19th century I feel like this is very common and its very gay. Like they think they are tapping into something no one in their circle gets, but at the same time if they saw some redneck dude driving a pickup trump with a Trump bumber sticker, they would seethe.
>>216044762I read the first chapter (free online) and I didn’t like it at all.
Louis CK is really funny desu
>>216044955why?
>>216044762thx for bringing it to my attention
>>216044887As opposed to people who don't speak their thoughts as a profession?
Louis CK strikes me as someone that recently did a bunch of drugs and now thinks he’s profound.
Wasn't aware of this, thanks OP. I have yet to crack open my copy of Harold that book Stephen Wright wrote not long ago, anyone have an opinion on that?
>>216045201You strike me as someone who thinks you're profound
>>216044762I liked Running the Light.
>>216044762yes, it's cringe when people try
>>216045018Give the guy a break, Louis is maybe the only guy in his caliber of comedy who hasn't written a memoir so he had to do either that or come up with a pen name. And since he was probably doing it for money, it probably seemed the better idea to sell it as Louis with 'A novel' slapped on
Yeah he needs to back to talking about shitting and cumming. He’s not intelligent or interesting in the slightest
>>216045201>recentlyIs 10-15 years ago "recent" or are you a teenager who discovered him this year?
>>216045086Why not? What's it about?>>216045150Kids today find anything earnest 'cringe'
>>216044762If he hadn't written Horace & Pete I would agree with you.
>>216045201I think Louis had his life shaken up so badly that now he doesn't do anything besides what he wants to do, and he's right in the middle of a midlife crisis. Can't be anything worse than one of those hitting you right when your career gets swept out from underneath of you at its height. Probably like having mortality sprayed in your face with a fire hose.
>>216045387Pootie Tang is his magnum opus
>>216044762yes it is
>>216045387Horace and Pete was badass.
>>216045246>>216045350You’re both unfunny hacks.
>>216045408Based post.Despite being a jew, he's always seemed pretty genuine.
>>216044798>>216045018every novel does this toughbeit
>>216045503You a whiny bitch lol
>>216045585Good thing you added the “lol”
BIG
>>216045693I’m a nigga
>>216044762it's more that being a novelist is so mythologized that nobody does the work anymore
>>216045066It better have Okie folk music like this in ithttps://youtu.be/nJ8z7-Cx8s0?t=1459
This show was great, at least at first, but it’s crazy how it was his downfall. Both because it made him think he was some le deep artist, and also propelled him to fame where the jerkoff scandal ruined him. If he didn’t jerk off in front of those women he would probably be bigger than Jordan Peele
>>216044762>>216045356NTA but I read the first chapter and it was astoundingly bad. It's about a poor child in a rural area sometime in the past. It's all told from his perspective so I legitimately cannot tell if the prose is supposed to be bad on purpose or not. It's also cliche and inauthentic, being Louis has no knowledge of rural poverty.
>>216045503Thanks, your comment about how Louis must have tried drugs and now thinks he's profound was some top dawg comedy
That chapter where he gets gangbanged by those black guys was a little out of left field
>>216044798>>216044844Is there anything zoomers don't find cringe coded?
>>216045715black
>>216046186Hawk
>>216046224all the girls are on their knees for my big black hawk
>>216046097The African drums reverberating in the distance didn't tip you off?
>>216046107>Is there anything zoomers don't find cringe coded?A few months ago some zoomer complained that cumtown had "pretentious millennial talk" because they talk like normal people and don't say no cap fr fr every sentence.
>>216046087Louis did a lot of drugs when he was i n high school. He's talked about it before
>>216046107i mean it's obviously a novel lmao. what else is it going to be, a picture book?
>a novelNo shit
>>216044762There better be a tornado in it.
Synopsis >“When Ingram is forced by overwhelming poverty and spiritual exhaustion to walk away from his home, he leaves behind a neglectful childhood on a dirt farm on a dead-end road. With no family, no resources, and no practical understanding of the world, Ingram’s only compass is the daily fight to survive and the narrow dream of one day owning a truck.>“A picaresque novel set against the backdrop of working-class Texas, ‘Ingram’ invites readers to see the world through the eyes of a child who drifts through a tough American landscape of corn farms and oil fields, guided by diner waitresses, migrant workers, and criminals, trying to make sense of a world that doesn’t care about him anymore than a jungle or desert does for the creatures that toil to survive within them.>“The reality Ingram discovers is wild and cruel, but filled with unexpected wonders. Though this young boy faces tornadoes, explosions, thieves, and rampant violence, his curiosity, humor, and resilience never dull.>“As he begins to push against the tide of social and natural bad luck that seems to almost chase him, Ingram begins to forge himself into an individual with agency and the ability and right to choose his own moves, even if he’s not always prepared for the consequences.>“Through Ingram’s journey, he begins to come to terms with a forgotten tragedy from his past that shapes the way he understands himself, his family, and his own place in the world.”
>>216046555This "Hungarian" jewish guy from Mexico thinks he is Mark Twain or something profound as already pointed out in this thread.
I got my copy in the mail, but the pages were stuck together.
a lot of louis the tv show was serious, and it was good.
>>216047447Lmao
so what were the actual proven charges? he jerked off in front of a random woman?
>jewish guy who makes a career denying his judaismI'm sure the book is about an evil white slave owner awakening to the inherent evil of his skin colour or some other bullshit. not interested.
>>216046016he wouldn't be bigger than peele because peele is massively astroturfed for propaganda.
>>216047522Charges?Lol.He got cancelled, not arrested.He even used the brag that he specifically asked for permission before jerking off in front of girls, then they said after that them giving permission didn't count because they thought he was too important to say no to.
>>216045517He's Mexican
i think his family is not very jewish. they were catholic so they can't be stock standard ones. jews made their own fanfic religion because they hate Jesus so much. a ton of their culture is based around that retardation, if not all of it.
>>216046084what was he thinking
>>216046324>A few months ago some zoomer complained that cumtown had "pretentious millennial talk" because they talk like normal people and don't say no cap fr fr every sentencezoomers are insane wth
>>216044762I liked Steve Martin's books a lot. The Pleasure of My Company is terrific and funny until the last dozen or so pages that tacks on a forced happy ending. (blame him residing in CA too long) I haven't read Shopgirl recently, but I remember it fairly fondly. Anybody seen the movie?>>216045288Underrated post
>>216045408>mid life crisisHe's 58. Do you really think he's going to live passed 100 or even get to 100 at all? He's not and most of you aren't either.
>>216046084 lewis ck's new novel features multiple scenes of its mentally defective young boy protagonist learning how to masturbatethe book jacket cover is a black and white photo of him sitting at a typewriterit's all written in this horrendous dollar store hemingway proseif this is an elaborate troll it's masterful
>>216047735Are you fucking autistic
>>216047761Do you have any argument or are you just going to whine like a bitch? He's not middle aged. He's old.
>>216047783Not him but middle as in middle age is 40 - 60 if he lives to 100 dumbass
>>216046428The assumption for a famous person who doesn’t make a living writing books would be that it’s an autobiography.
>>216047660>>216047750He has already done this once before with Horace and Pete. It was just a ripoff of The Iceman Cometh. It was also like a matter of months before his cancellation and it was the zenith of the mass media calling him an artistic genius.
>>216047750>it's all written in this horrendous dollar store hemingway proseChrist this is spot on, its so embarrassingThe first line:>When I was a small and new boy, I’d sit outside the house with the animals.Stop it Louie
>>216047872He's not living to 100 and neither are you. Fucking idiot can't even read.
>>216044762Has this ever happened before? Usually it's a serious movie, but I think he knew he couldn't pull that off plus they're not really making movies right now.
>>216048150Ethan Hawke did one. Charlie Kaufman too, but obviously he's got a bigger reputation as an actual writer. More have but I'd have to think about it harder.
>>216045066Even more so, they don't understand what living in the country is like and they've most likely never been there. They are well and truly convinced that living in their dirty, congested, crime infested city is the actual apotheosis of human existence and as the near opposition to them they're existence in turn just be the epitome of human failure and suffering m
>>216044762So a pretentious TV show shot like a play wasn't enough, nor were his forays in to 'serious' cinema, perhaps writing a novel will move the needle? Where does he go next? Keep in mind he's already tried doing porn
>>216045201Dave Chappelle is the worst when it comes to this. He talks as if he’s an ascended master or something who’s already lived 500 past lives and is only here on Earth to oversee his flock.
>>216045228It sounds like both "novels" are plot less exercises in unrelated vignettes like most first novel attempts but since they're both public figures they were able to just get them published since they knew it would sell on name. Harold is about a young boy sitting in class having disorganized and repetitive thoughts and Ingram is about a guy who runs away from his "dirt farm" (what) with no resources and "nothing to guide him but his daily experiences."Seriously baka I could see the Louis novel being somewhat entertaining if it was written with a Nabakovian level of prose and actually showcased someone living in the elements and having to forage through the woods for food, like eating Sego Lilies, Bobtails, Dandelions, mushrooms, and trapping small critters and what not but I have no faith that he actually did that research and immersed himself in the subject. He's just been a millionaire for awhile now and thinks "yeah, what if you didn't have any money? It would probably suck, but I could do it."
>>216045264I'm skeptical but at least he followed the golden rule and wrote what he knew. Of all of them this one probably has the most chance of being good.
>>216048225Chappelle knows some shit. I remember his Iceberg story and all he said was it happened to him and one day maybe he’d be able to say. The story of course being about being tricked and blackmailed.
The podcast he did with Theo Von was so bizarre. Started out with Theo sucking him off pretending to have read his book, and him trying to larp as some sort of renaissance man author, talking about doing standup on cruiseships for boomers, and then he had a meltdown and cried about being a masturbation addict for an hour. Shortly afterwards Theo went off the deepend and had his comedy special meltdown and has gone schizomode ever since.
le serious author with a typewriter
No. Creatives are not bound to a single medium. It's cringe to worry about what comes off as cringe. Let people do shit and stop being a faggot.
>>216045288Trying would actually be cool. It's more like "Ugh, yeah I WANTED to do this other thing, but you know, the fans and the industry right now and that thing, so I'm doing this DUMB thing instead and we'll see if I can't get some buzz up."It's like one time I met a member of a semi-well known pop punk band (that was on hiatus at the time) at a party (long story) and they were talking about how they really wanted to go on tour and play the music they really wanted to play and how they were NEVER getting back together with their band because it was cringe and embarrassing and their agent was pressuring them to start a podcast but they weren't going to do it because only losers do podcasts. Fast forward a month and not only did they have the podcast (and they were so happy and excited to FINALLY get this opportunity to bring you subjects they were PASSIONATE about and they'd been wanting to do this for SUCH A LONG TIME) but they also did a reunion tour with their "embarrassing" band with the lead single being like: "Oh the memories, we're friends forever because this is what life's all about!" It's disingenuous malarkey and he probably didn't even want to do it but still needs to build back buzz after his cancellation before he can do a movie or something again.
>>216045018>>216045295You cant write something under your own name and have retards in a book store pick it up saying "oh yeah thats the comedian i like" and then have them buy the book and read "A Novel" about a boy from the dust bowl. You have to try to give them some type of warning.
>>216048313Typewriters are satisfying to use and force you to commit to a draft. Severely underrated as a serious writing tool.
>>216047574> His father is of Mexican and Hungarian-Jewish descent. C.K.'s Jewish paternal grandfather, Géza Székely Schweiger, had immigrated from Hungary to Mexico.People really just bought that he was somehow a Mexican.
>>216048336You think this is him doing this instead of a movie? Honestly a novel is easier. Also say the band faggot.
>>216046087That wasn't a joke though, he was just making a genuine observation.
>>216046428I think it's so you know it's fiction and not nonfiction or like a memoir or some kind of encyclopedia or something.
>>216046555> Has no money> Somehow eats out at restaurants Not even the first time I've seen one of them do this. This year no less.
>>216046107No, zoomers can't pay attention due to excessive internet use all their lives and ADHD. This generation will never make anything good or profound in their lifetime. I'm serious when I say this. Everything in their world must be coated with irony and dissimulation.
>>216047565That was after they said they said imyws because they thought it was a joke and then it was tooo awkward to interrupt him when they realized it wasn't because that started blowing up in their face (buh-dum-tiss)
>>216048170I really shouldn't checked but finding out this is a thing just put a taste in my mouth.
>>216048189> he's already tried doing pornHe did? Also I assume podcast.
>>216048398He is. All Mexicans are descended from European immigrants.
>>216048346Longhand is better
>>216048408I mean probably. Part of me wants to but I feel like it would be sinful to spread that around.
>>216048534Actually I read most of them are descended from jews
>>216044762buy an ad you tight ass kikeI'm not reading it wanker
>>216048534yea and also amerindians and jews and arabs and africans
>>216048302He fucking played you, he got his paycheck
>>216044762Norms is good
>>216048336>It's disingenuous malarkeyWelcome to the music industry dipshit
>>216046555Sounds something McCarthy would write, it also reminds me of the talisman by Stephen King. Pretty based, people might not know that Louis used to be a car mechanic for awhile and is used to being around the hoi polloi. Will give it a shot.
>>216048270Where.did you get you literary input from?
>>216048308Good, fuck that yokel.poswr for.aligning with the oligarchy and palantir. Bill burr too since that Riyadh affair. At least Louis is still funny.
>>216048450Greasy spoons will hire dishwashers and give them meals as part of the payment agreement, not too farfetched.
>>216050957*yokel poser.
>>216044762I don't know about this but Louis is a pretty good writer honestly
>>216046107>codedThis word means nothing. You could omit it and nothing would change.
>>216048313i can only picture him furiously jerking off behind that typewriter while talking to it like it's a woman who doesn't wanna be there
>>216044762
>>216051022Horrace and Pete was meandering bullshit
>>216045228More like Stephen wrong!I kid, I will check it out.
>>216048302I didnt get.the iceberg story.
>>216048308lynchian
>>216044762louis was always a wannabe arty tryhard fag
Horace and Pete was really really bad.
>>216051196Agreed I don't know why /tv/ jerks it off so much
>>216044762yes. it is also cringe when they try to make an intelligent TV show, like his weird take on "Cheers" where everyone fucking dies at the end. I understand wanting to break out of the box the universe puts you in, but thats the thing about the box. You're there forever
>>216046555I could write the same novel starring my gf that grew up in a small mississippi delta town.
>>216048174But you do?
>>216046555You know what he should have done? Written a comedy book set in modern times about a famous comedian brought down by a sex scandal and having to suddenly face the hypocrisy of his friends and fans while exploring the suffocating ironies of living in both a liberated but also highly judgemental society and culture. I have no idea why this guy wrote a historical novel, given he's a fucking stand-up comedian and neither a historian or a novelist.
Let artist try new things, you fucks! If it were up to you david bowie would still be singing folksy songs.
>>216046555>When Ingram is unexpectedly cucked hard, he finds himself drawn to the tribal rhythms deep at the heart of Africa. Through a heady mixture of awe and wonder, he finds himself mesmerized by BBC. With his anus shattered and his back thoroughly blown out, he begins to come to terms with learning to walk again. It is on this spiritual journey where Ingram will finally embrace the colostomy bag that will come to define him.
>>216047995tfw cant remember when I was a new boy
>>216051373he can try all he wants and make all the crooked earthenware pots he wants in private but the fact he got this dog shit published is a fucking crime bro. sure let them try things, but don't sell it to people if it's shit that's when you start being a faggot
LITTLE
>>216051490When this guy tells you what'll make you start being a faggot, listenHe knows what he's talking about
>>216049953Was he joking about the shed and the stranger? Pretty dark joke.
>>216051291Stop talking shit and enter the arena. Bit h! You won't do it , coward!
>>216044762Comedians who write silly comedy novels are great though.
Exhibitionism and BBC is getting him into too much trouble so he took up fart sniffing.
>>216048225Louis CK at least seems like a reasonably intelligent person. Chappelle barely cracks a triple digit IQ.
The signs of Louie being pretentious were there when he appeared on O and A. He went from one of the guys to "better than this" real fucking quick. Which sucks because he was funny then.
>>216048467ESL tries to make a joke and fails miserablywtf r u trying to say what does "imyws" mean and why'd you say "they said they said">>216051831yes the punchline is in the next chapter where he can't recall the rest of his childhood for "some reason" (being that he remembers vaguely being molested but doesn't make the connection that its lead to his memory loss and being an easy way for norm to skip over the rest of his fake childhood because its quite hard to write funny material about being a kid)
>>216052275Based Louie appreciator. For me its the kid who shit her pants that made the local news. This is a 7 hour compliation so I timestamped it. https://youtu.be/aEwqglLtIvg?si=ALWVszXaUxkqWdqI&t=17291
>>216051034Well good thing 4chan doesn't charge me per word
>>216044762Being funny and writing comedy is harder than drama, so no. I would be more worried if a "serious" author suddenly wanted to be a comedian.
>>216045387More like Whore-Ass and Sneed
>>216051022>>216045494Horace and Pete was unbearable woke cringe
>>216044762What movie is this?
