“It’s literally from five decades suppressing an urge to hug a puppy, admitting a baby’s cute, saying you want a cookie.” Burr says that an early death is inevitable. Describing this enforced machismo with the gravity of a Soviet citizen describing life under Stalin, Mr. He explains that these bullies on his shoulder pipe up anytime a guy does something remotely sensitive or heartwarming. He tells the story of trying to buy a pumpkin but being stopped by a chorus of loudmouths in his head taunting him. It’s a gay panic joke that doesn’t play this juvenile anxiety for cheap laughs but skewers it seriously, making it all the funnier. Other times, like in his finest bit, from the 2010 special “ Let It Go,” he meticulously describes how anxiety about appearing manly enough is a source of constant frustration. “Where are all those old-school women you can just take your day out on?” he asked on his 2012 special “ You People Are All the Same.” “When did they stop making those angels? What a luxury - to fail all day, then download all your insecurities on this other person.” At times, he expresses it through outrageous nostalgia. The heart of his comedy gives voice to the aggrieved confusion of the white heterosexual guy adrift. His rant about Steve Jobs is spectacular. He is defeated in arguments and baffled by the tyranny of nerds. He adopts a cocky pose, but the world he describes constantly frustrates and emasculates him. Burr details his grievances to large crowds with a conversational intimacy. Burr builds comic momentum with his magnetic voice. is brilliant at elaborate stories that make an empathetic leap into the mind of someone else. If anything, his stage persona and comic rhythm are more charismatic and distinct, even if his skill set is less dynamic. Burr has a more direct style, full of bravado. It’s an understandable if flawed comparison. But his profile has risen recently as a result of his popular podcast and a small role as one of Saul Goodman’s henchmen on “Breaking Bad.” Some in the press are even calling him the next Louis C. The New York Comedy Festival, which runs through Sunday, will even feature him twice Friday night. Burr, 45, has been one of the funniest, most distinctive voices in the country for years. “You’re judging me?” he asked incredulously of the Almighty on Tuesday night during a show at the Creek and the Cave, a bar in Long Island City, Queens.
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