Diary of a Failed Comedian
Peter JamesA Substack about comedy, art, culture, and how it feels to follow your dreams...and fail.
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A Comedian Out Of Time
Note: I wrote this piece earlier in the year for another publication. It didn’t end up going to print, so I wanted to share it here. It’s about one of the greatest stand-up comedians of all time.
Last fall, the US stand-up comedy community...
Searching For “And” In a World of “Either/Or”
I finally watched Marty Supreme a couple weeks ago. I absolutely hated it up until the final fifteen minutes, at which point it became something unexpected and incredibly profound.
The first two hours of the movie follow Marty as he lies,...
Here’s What I Love About Infinite Jest
Earlier this month, Infinite Jest reached the 30th anniversary of its publication. This triggered a slew of retrospective essays from major outlets, each attempting to grapple with the book, its legacy, and What It All Means Now. Given that...
I’m A Member Of “The Lost Generation”
It’s now been over a month since Jacob Savage published “The Lost Generation.” For those who are offline enough to not know what I’m talking about, this was an essay in Compact Magazine alleging that straight, white, Millennial men had been...
Notes On Parental Frustration
My son just turned five months old. The conventional wisdom around raising kids is that “the days are long but the years are short,” but my experience so far has been the opposite. It feels like I’ve been a father for way longer than five m...
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I used to do stand-up comedy. Now I write a Substack.
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