#standupcomedy

[jasonstuart]

Thinking about bringing back my podcast NAMEDROPPING, stories from my career, behind-the-scenes moments, and the people I’ve worked with along the way.Here’s the fun part: CLICK on my @IMDb page, pick a credit, and ask me about it.Favorite show? Movie? Actor? Filmmaker? Wild behind-the-scenes story? Something you always wondered about?

https://pro.imdb.com/name/nm0835725/credits/?ref_=nmovr_cdt

[necroticecholair]

Fiona Cauley Leaked Hot Pics: Turning Struggle into Sharp, Fearless Comedy

A Nashville-based American stand-up comedian and a rising voice in modern stand-up, Fiona Cauley became known for a dark, very honest style of humor built around real-life struggles. She performs regularly at well-known comedy venues such as Zanies in Nashville and the Comedy Mothership in Austin. She openly talks about disability, social awkwardness, and everyday situations on stage that audiences find surprising and relatable.

[jasonstuart]

I'm thrilled to be performing #StandUpComedy for #Pride in #santabarbara! Come out there ever you are! Join us Saturday, June 13 at 7 PM at the Speakeasy Comedy Bar in Santa Barbara Comedy Club for a night with the gays!

Being about part of headlining a show for Gay Pride always reminds me of how important it is to be out and proud for the people who are just coming out and the ones who have broke broken the ground for others so come see our show in Santa Barbara

featuring #comedians Karen Haber, A Luis Moro, Ron Bush, and @SpenceLocke.

TICKETS & DETAILS https://sbcomedyclub.com/events/pride-comedy-festival-saturday-night-santa-barbara-comedy-show/

[jasonstuart]

Just got this photo of my character "Frank" the self-involved film festival director in @ONLYBEARS. Adam Kern, Jeff Willey Billy Clift #lgbtqia #workingactor #comedy #gaybears

[jasonstuart]

AWARD WINNER!

We won our first award for Redlining“Best Performances” which means everything, because it belongs entirely to this cast. Being a director/actor on this film just makes me feel the joy all of all of our hard work coming to fruition. Thank you to the LGBTQ+ Toronto and Los Angeles Film Festival, and to every the entire cast & crew who supported our vision to bring to film this to the screen. In the middle of everything happening in the world right now, I couldn't feel more #grateful. More festival dates coming hope to see you there. https://jasonstuart.com/appearances/ Alexandra Paul, Lee Garlington, Billy Clift,Steve Campbell, Dalila Ali Rajah,KareemFerguson, Scott Krinsky, L. Trey Wilson , Linna Carter, Susan Hopper, Dennis Bailey, Amy Lederman,Shon LeBlanc, Belinda Carroll ,Wendy Alane Wright, Christy Rodriguez de Conte, Dominique Minor, Ronni Sanlo, Kelly Watson and and and

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0835725/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

[tv-moviegrid]

Josh Johnson: Symphony

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(IT) Josh Johnson: Symphony | (SE) Josh Johnson: Symphony

🏆 OUR SCORE: 775* (IMDb: 8.1) 📺 Network: #Max #HBOMax | 🗓️ Air-Date: May 22, 2026

🌍 (EN) The talented Daily Show writer delivers an orchestrally structured hour of comedy live from the Bowery Ballroom, reflecting on childhood and modern life.

(IT) Il talentuoso autore del Daily Show offre un'ora di comicità strutturata come un'orchestra dal Bowery Ballroom, riflettendo sull'infanzia e sulla vita moderna.

(SE) Den talangfulla Daily Show-skribenten levererar en orkestralt strukturerad humortimme live från Bowery Ballroom, med reflektioner om barndom och nutid.

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[jasonstuart]

Had a fun night in #beverlyhills with my BFF voice coach & actress Anna Garduno and ran into to my dear friend #comedian's Ahmed Ahmed and Brandon Johnson the Comics Unleashed premiere party! Fun to see all my comedians pals and hang for an evening out on the town.

[momispissed]

Punching Up, Punching Down, and the Legacies of Three Comedians

Comedy has always been a mirror. It reflects power, exposes pain, or sometimes just magnifies the insecurities of the person holding the microphone. George Carlin, Dave Chappelle, and Anthony Jeselnik represent three very different relationships to power, accountability, and what a comedian owes the world.

Carlin understood that comedy is most potent when it targets the machinery of power. Chappelle once understood that too, but he lost his way. Jeselnik, for all the shocking things he says onstage, has kept a clearer moral compass than the men who claim to be truth tellers.

George Carlin: The Blueprint for Punching Up

Carlin’s material still feels like prophecy because he never confused the oppressed with the oppressor. He went after institutions, systems, and the powerful men who ran them: corporate greed, political corruption, religious hypocrisy. He did not need to mock vulnerable people to stay relevant. His comedy was never about him. It was about the world and the people getting crushed by systems they did not create.

Dave Chappelle: A Legacy Divided

I used to see Chappelle as Carlin’s heir. His early work had that same clarity and empathy. He understood systemic racism and could name the invisible forces shaping our lives. He was punching up.

Somewhere along the way that changed. He stopped critiquing systems and started critiquing people, specifically trans people, queer people, and young activists. He started punching down. The problem is not that the jokes are offensive. The problem is that they feel malicious and he doubles down offstage. Instead of saying they are just jokes and clearly supporting trans people, he frames himself as the victim and gives comfort to the people who want to marginalize us. He has become for the right what Carlin was for us. Someone they point to and say he tells the truth. Except Carlin punched up. Chappelle is punching down and aligning himself with the people doing the marginalizing.

Anthony Jeselnik: The Villain with a Moral Center

Jeselnik says things onstage that are far more brutal than anything Chappelle has said. The difference is intent. His cruelty is theatrical. It is a deliberate character and a mask. You do not believe he actually means it. Offstage the mask comes off. He is respectful, progressive, and does not use marginalized people as props. He shows that dark humor is not the problem. Punching down is the problem. Cruelty without accountability is the problem.

Punching Up, Punching Down, and the Responsibility of Influence

Over the last four generations we have watched comedy change. What used to be a tool for punching up has, in some hands, become weaponized against the very people who are already fighting for survival. When someone with Chappelle’s platform turns marginalized groups into punchlines and then doubles down offstage, it does not just stay in the club. It bleeds into the culture. It tells the powerful exactly who they are allowed to harm.

Black people, cis women, and trans people should be natural allies against the same systems. But the people in power benefit when we are too busy fighting each other to notice them.

Carlin chose liberation.

Chappelle chose grievance.

Jeselnik chose artifice.

And each choice shapes the legacy they leave behind.