"In his typical style, C.K. opened with a gut-puncher to a sold-out house of nearly 3,000 seats and had the audience roaring into the night. I got an AIDS test today, he said as the crowd murmured. I haven't had sex in years. I just wanted some good news. The audience burst into laughter. As they quieted, C.K. took a beat and said, Turns out I have AIDS."
"C.K.'s comedy takes a magnifying glass to the horribly mundane and ubiquitous moments of life, preying on the quiet thoughts of humanity that reek of insecurity and self-consciousness. His words flow like a monologue and right when the audience thinks he's going left, he makes a U-turn and flies to the moon. Laden with hilarious discomfort, his jokes are abominable in the funniest way."
"Despite laughing the entire set, he admitted not being too familiar with C.K. I'm not really a fan, but my uncle is. He has a keen perspective on life, but I thought the Holocaust joke was too much, said Ethan's uncle, who did not want to give his name and who booed loudly when the comedian told a controversial joke comparing someone to looking like a Holocaust survivor."
Louis C.K. kicked off the NYC leg of his Ridiculous tour at the Beacon Theater on Nov. 15, with upcoming shows at the Kings Theater in Brooklyn. The sold-out house of nearly 3,000 reacted to a set that targeted taboo subjects — STDs, placing parents in nursing homes, diarrhea and grotesque scenarios — with both uproarious laughter and audible discomfort. Opening bits included an AIDS-test punchline and a callback about his mother's death. The comedian magnified mundane insecurities with monologue-like delivery and abrupt, outrageous pivots. Some attendees praised the keen perspective and dark humor, while others booed at a Holocaust comparison.
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