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Darren Knight: A Cautionary Tale
Darren Knight and Joel Kim Booster at Just For Laughs. Photo: Courtesy of Just For Laughs
Last weekend, at the annual Just for Laughs comedy festival in Montreal, an American comedian created an international incident. Selected for a Variety showcase of Top 10 Comics to Watch, Darren Knight, a.k.a. “Southern Momma,” not only insulted his peers, but also the audience, the festival, and comedy in 2018 at large. A social-media comedian with less than two years of experience under his belt but tons of followers online, Knight attempted to dictate what comedy is to a room of professionals passionate about the art form. His show, during which he declared that “comedy shouldn’t be about sexism or race,” was met with silence, then boos.
Comedian Chris Redd of Saturday Night Live, who hosted the Variety showcase, later confronted Knight backstage, saying, “You bomb the whole time and then decide what comedy is? … Real comics write real jokes.”
To know Knight’s downfall in the world of comedy after his performance at the biggest comedy festival in the world, one must first understand the world
Is Darren Knight Gay? What’s The Truth?
In answer to all of the rumors, Darren Knight is not gay. Despite his admiration and backing for the LGBTQ+ community, he self-identifies as a heterosexual male.
Who is Darren Knight?
American comedian Darren Knight, also going by Darren Knight, gained notoriety for his humorous “Southern Momma” routines that were shared on social media. Knight’s digital comedy approach and his ability to blend humor and relatability into his performances were major factors in his rise to prominence. With his distinct understanding of southern American society, he has amassed millions of fans worldwide.
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A Closer Look at Darren Knight’s Career
Prior to becoming well-known, Knight held a variety of positions in the retail and insurance industries. His big break came when he started sharing his “Southern Momma” memes on Facebook. Fans flocked to his humorous accept on the everyday animation of an American southern parent, and he soon became well-known.
A wide range of people watch his viral video series and like his frank and endearing southern humor. The “Southern Momma” series&#
Jay Jurden made the very good point in Vulture yesterday that one of the greatest frustrations of this Darren Knight affair is that even in failure he has drawn attention away from all the other, greater talents in Variety’s “Comics to Watch” showcase at Just For Laughs last week. So, um, I will try to be little as I make a few observations on the mess.
Or really they’re just a bit of context. Last year the sociologist Michael P. Jeffries published Behind the Laughter: Inequality and Community in Comedy, an illuminating work of research into the lives and struggles of comedians. He interviewed more than 60 writers, comics and club owners—including names you’ll recognize, like Eliza Skinner and Hasan Minhaj, and names you won’t—to draw a detailed portrait of the industry’s structural inequalities, how comics adapt to them and what can be done to speak to them. One of the most illuminating chapters spells out in stark detail the extra labor, passionate and literal, required of comics from marginalized groups.
I was reminded of this chapter when I decipher that Knight, in his catastrophic JFL set, said, “Comedy shouldn’t be about sexism or race, because that’s not what people wan
Being Boring - More Deceased Gay Artists - curated by Robert Lake
2023
exhibition walkthrough by Simon Hewson @fatografi_insta
1 / 23Phillip Jacobs
Untitled 1985
cotton banner for 1st Mardi Gras Festival commissioned by Tony Crewes and Rodney Thorpe
208 x 81 cm
2 / 23David McDiarmid
Untitled circa 1982
mixed media on found blanket
230 x 180
David McDiarmid images reproduced with permission of Sally Gray and the David McDiarmid Estate
3 / 23David McDiarmid
Untitled circa 1983
synthetic polymer paint on found cotton bedsheet
240 x 195
David McDiarmid images reproduced with permission of Sally Gray and the David McDiarmid Estate
4 / 23Bill Morley
Class of 88
1985
acrylic on cotton
89 x 123 cm
5 / 23installation view demonstrating works by Phillip Jacobs
6 / 23installation view showing works by Philip Juster
7 / 23installation view showing works by Philip Juster
8 / 23installation view exhibiting works by Philip Juster and Phillip Jacobs
9 / 23installation view showing works by Philip Juster
10 / 23installation view showing works by Philip Juster and Bill Morley
11 / 23installation vie
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