Jimmy Carr is Mr. Equanimity

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

Jimmy Carr is a comedian whose jokes are sometimes, even by British standards, simply overflowing with black humor and obscenities. Carr can be loved or hated, but it will be difficult to simply remain indifferent to him. Fans will smirk and say “typical Jimmy” after his especially poignant remarks, while enemies will have a thousand reasons to remember whose feelings he hurt. This image is complemented by self-criticism and self-irony - and in it Jimmy Carr is unsurpassed.

Yeah, there's no getting away from it - I look like a gentleman rapist

If Jimmy were a culinary dish, he would be made up entirely of the wayliners he is the master of. Oneliners are short jokes, and Carr's performances do not feature lengthy monologues that the audience listens to with bated breath. No, harsh words that cause an explosion of laughter - that's his style.

A few facts

Jimmy Carr, whose biography is not as interesting as the topics of his speeches, began his career as a stand-up comedian at the age of twenty-six. His active work began in 2000 (Carr just turned 28, he was born on September 15, 1972 in London), before that Jimmy received a strict Catholic education, andafter that he worked in the marketing department. Sound boring? So Carr thought so - prolonged depression was overcome with the help of a psychotherapist, and Jimmy, having hit all the hard ones, revealed to the world a stand-up artist who does not disdain the most slippery and unacceptable topics in his speeches - he jokes about atheism, pedophilia, disabled people and cripples.

Insult everyone!

Should I say that with such an approach, tons of indignation invariably fall on Jimmy Carr's head? Infamous - such an epithet suits him very well. But here's what's interesting - the stand-up artist does not consider it necessary to make excuses, no, he is always unperturbed. Even when a joke about Iraqi and Afghan amputees brought him a lot of proceedings, Jimmy Carr (whose photo is presented in this article) replied that he did not see anything in it - he always jokes about such topics, what should embarrass him?

What's good?

Despite all the claims, Jimmy Carr has thousands of fans around the world. He is also popular in his homeland - in Britain, thousands of people not only come to his show to listen to the comedian, but also buy DVDs with performances and quote especially memorable liners.

Guest of numerous programs

British humor can seem very strict and conservative to those who know little about it. In fact, this is an amazing interweaving of intellectuality and vulgarity, rudeness and subtlety. England is pleased to present dozens of quiz programs from which you can learn interesting facts and expand the boundaries of yourknowledge, but which are replete with jokes on the verge of intolerance. One of these is the Big Fat Quiz of the Year. Jimmy Carr is her permanent host. We are glad to see him on Quite Interesting ("Interesting enough") - also a quiz, which, fortunately, comes out more than once a year.

“Why pretend like that?”

What is Jimmy Carr remembered for? Well, aside from his smutty jokes that prudes would turn away with sheer disgust? Those who have ever seen his show will answer immediately - with laughter. It's true, his laughter already guarantees a similar reaction from the audience. He is, frankly, weird. But Jimmy, ironic Jimmy, self-critical Jimmy, shamelessly jokes about this peculiarity of his.

In one of his speeches, Carr says that he is “wrong”, explaining that “ordinary people laugh on the exhale, I laugh on the breath”. The statement ends in typical stand-up style: “like a goose getting ready for battle.”

So if the first meeting with Carr raises the question of whether he is pretending, well, as he himself answered: “Why pretend like that?”

Immoral type

Does Jimmy Carr joke in black? Definitely. Does it touch on topics that are unacceptable, according to the majority? This is also true. Does he have haters? Yes sir. Do they love him? Oh yes, how!

But wait, why is he loved then? Partly because he embodies British humor. No, there are, of course, still worthy stand-up artists, no worse, but Carr with hisequanimity, sharp tongue, improvisation - there are no forbidden topics for him. And people want to feel this freedom, to hear what they themselves would not dare to say, letting go of the stereotypical framework.

Of course, there are those who call Jimmy Carr's humor nothing more than "latrine". Well, despite the fact that the comedian is clearly walking on thin ice, now and then going too far, you cannot deny him intellectuality either. He's smart, like all the decent ones who take up stand-up in England - because that's the genre in this country.

In conclusion

Enough has been said to know who Jimmy Carr is. But best of all, his aphorisms and speeches will say this for him. It's definitely worth watching at least once. Maybe even drag on a lot more shows.

End the article with Jimmy's quote:

“Have you ever lied to get out of an awkward situation? Situations get out of control very quickly. I heard about a girl who lied to her husband about getting pregnant. And now it's a whole religion.”