"Tracy Morgan, as a presence, as a persona, bends the rules of comedy spacetime around him. Consider: He's constitutionally incapable of tossing off a joke or an aside, because he never simply delivers a line when he can declaim it instead. He can't help but occupy the center of any given scene he's in—his abiding, essential weirdness inevitably pulls focus."
"Perhaps most mystifying to comedy nerds is the way he can take a breath in the middle of a punchline and still, somehow, land it. That? Should be impossible. Comedy depends on, is entirely a function of, timing; jokes are delicate constructs of rhythms that take time and practice to beat into shape for maximum efficiency."
"Tracy Morgan is a puzzle piece so oddly shaped he won't fit into just any world. In fact, the only way he works is if you take the time and effort to assiduously build the entire puzzle around him. Thankfully, the makers of his new series, The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins, understand that very specific assignment."
Tracy Morgan possesses an extraordinary comedic presence that defies conventional comedy rules. He cannot simply deliver lines but must declaim them, naturally commanding the center of any scene through his essential weirdness. Remarkably, he can interrupt punchlines mid-delivery and still land them successfully, despite comedy's dependence on precise timing. His oddly-shaped comedic persona only functions when entire productions are deliberately constructed around him. The creators of his new series, The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins, understand this requirement. The show's co-creators, Robert Carlock and Sam Means, previously worked with Morgan on 30 Rock and have built this series specifically to showcase his signature comedic profile while pairing him with Daniel Radcliffe.
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