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  • Bennn0

    I didn't like that guy at all but I started to follow his channel recently and its very interesting.

    Tom Green is living in his van with his dog and they're exploring the South of the US. His videos are well made.

    https://www.youtube.com/channel/…

    • Tom Green is one of the most overlooked comedians of his time. It was hard for many to look past the surface of what he was doing.palimpsest
    • From his Rolling Stones article:
      It was also within this skating friendship that Green and Giroux identified and developed two guiding principles...
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    • which help explain Green's peculiar contribution to modern culture. The first is chewing. In a literal sense, it is simply the pursing of lips...palimpsest
    • and mastication that occur while considering a course of action, but by extension it is the process that gives you the resolve to do something ,...palimpsest
    • particularly something with potentially dangerous or humiliating consequences.palimpsest
    • The second is flipping. Flipping is when you consider something that seems an entirely undesirable course of action and then decide, ....palimpsest
    • simply by resolving to flip it, to treat it as though it were the most desirable outcome of all.palimpsest
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      From my POV, Tom Green's material was not necessarily funny on it's own, it became funny because the camera was there. Without the camera there was no humour.
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    • Thanks for this Benncassiellux
    • *thumb up*Bennn
    • Download his show. It’s pretty short, about a season iirc, but funscarabin

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