How Comedy Became Complicit With The Status Quo With Spencer Wright

About this episode

The episode discusses how stand-up comedy has become complicit with the status quo and features comedian Spencer Wright's insights on the topic.

Stand Up comedy at its best was contrarian and challenged the status quo but has morphed into a group of complicit hacks colluding with the rich and powerful. How did comedy get hijacked by uncool idiots? Well, surprisingly the show 'Euphoria' seems to be on point with its indictment of where pop culture entertainment is now. Comedian Spencer Wright comes on again to discuss. Please support the show by becoming a patron now. You get all kinds of bonus content with famous comics an...

People in this episode

Host: Tom McCaffrey

Guest: Spencer Wright

Topics covered

• comedy
• status quo
• pop culture
• entertainment
• contrarian humor

Keywords

• comedy
• status quo
• Euphoria
• entertainment
• pop culture
• contrarian
• Spencer Wright

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Euphoria

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