In a culture that grows increasingly irony-poisoned and irony-fatigued, we’re embracing a brand of emotional comedy that values earnestness over cynicism.
With Netflix green-lighting any project with shapes and colors, comedy specials range from amusing to mediocre to feeling as joyless as a DVD enthusiast.
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