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By: Mo Diggs | Main | New Video Wednesday! »
November 6, 2007
Jim Jeffries @ The UCBT - 11.5.7
NOTES
--We got a tip late last week that UK-based Jim Jeffries was a must-see. An international sensation already, Jeffries did his first NYC set ever at the UCBT last night. Despite a moderate turnout, MOVERS AND TUPAC SHAKERS in the talent development community must've gotten tipped off about his arrival too because there was a solid showing of industry people milling around, including someone from Comedy Central taping a clean 30-minutes to presumably distribute to producers at the network.
--After the somewhat clean portion of the show, Jeffries tore into the real meat of his act, a badass blend of filth and charm. It seems "TMI" is not part of the vocab in Australia or wherever Jeffries comes from. His comedy is spun from his queasy real-life experiences like getting molested by a scoutmaster, discovering he had penile cancer while masturbating, being brutally robbed with a machete, and doing blow in the bathroom of a gay bar in South Africa. These aren't really jokes you can slip in at Thanksgiving dinner this year.
--Though his appeal skews towards the cringe humor set, it's refreshing to see an act that's so gritty that doesn't come off like fanciful stage posturing.
--One RANDOM AUDIENCE MEMBER was laughing a little too hard at some of Jim's jokes about degrading women. His date, unsurprisingly, wasn't laughing as much.
--Here's a sweet profile on Jim written for last summer's Edinburgh Fringe Fest which details a BOAST-OFF between Jeffries' mom and Tim Minchin's mom. Both transglobal superstars happen to be simultaneously debuting in town all this week and next. Jeffries @ Carolines, Minchin @ Ars Nova. Coincidence?
Posted by The Apiary at November 6, 2007 4:25 PM