RJ Cyler just wants to get on stage at Goldies. Clarke Duke and Michael Angarano want to make it big in Los Angeles. Ari Graynor wants to be taken seriously as a female comic. Each person goes through their own struggles while working through the death. The pilot then follows comedians of a local bar (NOT to be confused with the Comedy Store for legal purposes) run by Melissa Leo’s Goldie reeling with his death. After a short introduction into who should probably be the main character, creator David Flebotte pulls a fast one. The show is a slow burn, perfect for an hour long dramedy. That would solidify you as having made it. A lot of it went down at the Comedy Store in Los Angeles. Everyone was fighting for a chance to sit on the couch next to Johnny. The 70’s were a boon for comedy it’s a time period that spawned many greats like Richard Pryor and Steve Martin. With Showtime’s I’m Dying Up Here, younger viewers can be introduced to a world previously unknown to those who didn’t work in it.
But the jokes are the main reason for the audience’s attendance. Yes, it’s as much about the crowd as it is about your writing.
The work is daunting as you look into a crowd for the first time, not knowing if they’ll laugh at your jokes. It's all about the climb.Īsk anyone who’s had a chance to perform stand up and they’ll tell you it’s hard stuff.
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The good news: The series is renewed for season 2, rendez-vous in 2018 for 10 new episodes.This is a First Look Review of Showtime’s I’m Dying Up Here starring Melissa Leo, Ari Graynor, Clarke Duke, Michael Angarano, RJ Cyler, Al Madrigal, Erik Griffin and Stephen Guarino. The mantra cue: « Never underestimate the power of charisma» Facing the machos and showbiz stars, the young lady incarnates with panache the combat for Women’s Lib in America during the Seventies. Only girl of the gang, she stands out on stage with her 5 star punchlines. Our heart-throb: Cassie Feder, the Texan lookalike of Barbra Streisand young. With its tortured characters, who are totally immersed in their art, the series has its share of drama and manages to make us jump from laughs to tears in two seconds. Secondly, the sketches are very clever (pure US stand-up, caustic and with rhythm, freely discussing subjects pertaining to race, sexuality and drugs…) However it’s not always a barrel of laughs. Why we like it: Because it’s beautiful ! In the lines of a Scorsese, Jonathan Levine whirls his camera between the different characters to make us partake in the very special ambiance of night club laughter. They all hope to nab the Grail: an invitation on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, the show that launched Jerry Seinfeld, Joan Rivers or Ellen DeGeneres. Mike in hand, the young talents -Eddie and Ron, hailing from Boston, Adam a young Afro-American, Marny, a Mexican immigrant- come here to test their jokes in front of an audience of regulars. Goldie Herschlag (an imposing Melissa Leo) manages with an iron glove a stand-up comedy club, Chez Goldie’s, the hottest open scene of Sunset Boulevard. Produced by Jim Carrey, this ultra stylish vintage series (whip out those big pointed collars and suede jackets!) moves in rhythm with a stunning soundtrack (The Delfonics, Bowie…) Between slews of jokes, dreams of glory and the Bohemian life, we follow a gang of budding comics trying to be part of a very closed circle. There is very good news for all the nostalgics of Seinfeld and Jimmy Fallon fans: I’m Dying up here, a nugget signed Showtime, dives into the origins of stand-up, in the Los Angeles of the 70s.
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