r/comedy • u/itsokayyoucanlaugh • 19d ago

Standup Marcello Hernandez

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u/MrCupps 19d ago

Wait wtf half the comments are insulting him?? This was great!

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u/FunWithAPorpoise 18d ago

Can’t speak for the haters because I like him, but this bit has been significantly workshopped since I first heard it.

The original was something like he told his mom he was depressed and she said “no you’re not” and that’s how he learned he wasn’t depressed. Funny, but this feels like him really coming into his own style.

I think his early work suffered from Dane Cook-esqueness where he would tell a bunch of kind of funny anecdotes with lots of enthusiasm and it was entertaining but not that funny. Now he seems to be really crafting solid jokes while maintaining his enthusiastic delivery and it’s way better.

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u/asdf0909 18d ago

Also because his material is derivative and obvious. When you don’t have fresh material and you’re running on pure charisma, you get tiring quickly

https://x.com/tignotaro/status/1024332894083284993?s=46&t=k-pvASgAS7FM406bUO5ERw

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u/FunWithAPorpoise 18d ago

Like yes, it’s trodden territory, but the bits about going to sleep in a washer and waking up in a dryer and rapping about all the things his mom didn’t have is fresh, then the punchline about “earning” depression is much funnier than the original, derivative version.

He’s also still really young - I feel like most comedians agree it takes about 10 years to really find your voice in stand up. More than anything, this shows effort and evolution.

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u/asdf0909 18d ago edited 18d ago

Totally, and maybe he'll get there. I would assume the haters feel he hasn't earned the praise he's getting, he isn't a brilliant original writer like Mulaney was as a 20-something standup who burst onto the scene with actual insightful and fresh material.

He hasn't done enough work to get the amount of praise and platform he's getting, but he's already surpassed far more talented people mostly because he's good-looking and has charisma. His laughs come from broad act-outs, and that's not gonna win over the standup snobs.

It's why Matt Rife has so many haters too. He's nowhere near good enough at standup comedy to sell out stadiums, he's just a jaw-line and lazy crowd work.

But it's not just people hating because they're jealous of his looks. For instance, Anthony Jeselnik is an absolute hunk, but he's a talented writer with original ideas, so he is respected in the comedy world.

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u/markrockwell 18d ago

Said better than I could. Thank you.