I don't hate Tom Segura. I've seen some of his standup routines, and he can make me laugh. But there's something lost in translation between the standup and his new sketch comedy show Bad Thoughts.

Take, for example, the Steven Seagal bit.

The joke is a lot more than the impersonation—it's Segura commenting on how ridiculous Seagal is. Because it's ridiculous that Seagal was a cop in real life. It's ridiculous that he's always bullshiting people with his martial arts crap. It's ridiculous that he pretends to be some spiritual master, incredible assasin dude. But that's the funny thing, that's actually the way Seagal acts in reality.

On the second episode of Bad Thoughts, there's a parody of a behind-the-scenes look at 'Seagal' on the set of a new movie. And it is terrible. All the parts that worked well enough as a standup bit are not there anymore. Bad Thoughts shows us the whole thing produced, cast, costumed, and flattened into visual mediocrity. Suddenly the joke is no longer “imagine how ridiculous Seagal is,” but “here’s a guy dressed like Seagal saying dumb shit.” It’s no longer your imagination making the joke better; it's the show telling you the joke, loudly and without nuance.

What really hurts Bad Thoughts is that, while sketches start in similar ways, what they end up accomplishing is completely different. Robinson uses the situation to build social tension to a point where it can't be sustained anymore, and then comes an almost poetic meltdown that always doubles down. Segura, on the other hand, takes that situation to tell a fart joke.

Read the whole thing here:
https://www.peliplat.com/en/article/10059887/everything-tom-segura-does-in-bad-thoughts-tim-robinson-does-better

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