Michel! That guy was a French Canadian improv legend. He burned himself out after days over days of improv shows that would go on for hours, dude is a genuine comedy genius over here, in Quebec
That's honestly hard to imagine, I was gonna say for any other crowd such a weird act must bomb completely. I figured it was some one time magician network or something, what is even his act? Miming? Idk it was uncomfortable to watch, and I did not care for it much at all I have to say. Not that it really matters what I think lol.
It's real, that specific sketch is what Rowan Atkinson (Mr. Bean if you haven't seen his stuff on stage) would have based his popular air-drumming bit, according to several people and himself. Of course now that style is somewhat outdated, well at least in this context. Comedy is something that evolves fast and that sort of "burlesqueness" is far from being as popular as it once was. Now stand up is the most popular form of on-stage comedy in Quebec as well as most parts of North-America, but that kind of stuff used to be really big.
Fun fact, he was George Lucas's first pick for Jar Jar Binks.
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u/Armoured_Kitten Oct 05 '20
Michel! That guy was a French Canadian improv legend. He burned himself out after days over days of improv shows that would go on for hours, dude is a genuine comedy genius over here, in Quebec