Jimmy Carr steps onstage, a well-dressed provocateur with an unmistakable (some would say annoying) laugh. Much of his comedy act is unscripted, often launched from audience questions that he turns, in real time, into remarkably well-engineered and often acerbic jokes. Beneath the salt and shock he tends to dispense is a sharp intelligence and a deep command of facts and language. Carr knows exactly where “the line” is, how far he’s leaning over it, and when to pull himself back with a joke at his own expense.
Given all that,
Carr sometimes lands in an entirely different arena. Now and then, a person in
the audience touches a chord of deep empathy or sympathy within Jimmy, and his
responses are surprisingly tender and stirring. I’ve posted a short video
featuring just such an instance.
Below the posted
video, in the event you’ve never seen Carr in his normal mode, is Link #2,
which you can click to watch another short video showing him in full,
unfiltered performance mode.
—Mitchell
Hegman
Video Link #1: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nNdzRJG6Prg?feature=share
Video Link #2: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ahuuG6qrnq8?feature=share
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