As I’ve read about it more I can understand the discomfort of his approach to “relaying true stories through a personal lens”. but I think at best it warrants a “he’s not really my vibe”, or “not a fan of his stuff”. I do not think the evidence is there for a hit piece, and think there must have been weird motivation behind “revealing his lies”. I just don’t understand why the writer needed this narrative.
Truth is? Most standup is bullshit. Of course it is! The idea of taking a real feeling or a real scenario and creating a fake story with a beginning/middle/end is literally the gig. You pull from every part of you to try and make it genuine, but its usually not real.
But I get it, these stories were less funny and more to build empathy or push his point, which feels weird. I just think if you don’t like that twist of the narrative you have to accept that that is an issue you have with where standup is at right now. He isn’t doing anything unique.
Super great point