John Mulaney hosting SNL in 2020, just before he returned to rehab. Photo: Kyle Dubiel/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images John Mulaney walked onto the stage at City Winery in New York wearing a long-sleeved, striped polo shirt and jeans, a notable departure from the suit viewers have grown accustomed to seeing him in. He was heavier. He looked healthier.
Stand-up is weird, as artforms go, because you have to write in front of people. I’ve interviewed around 150 comedians, and all of them write in some capacity onstage, including Mulaney. It’s one thing when you’re making a joke about airplanes; I cannot imagine what it’s like when you’re talking about something actually difficult. Chris Rock finalized his divorce in the summer of 2016, and I saw him begin to talk about it that fall.
All of this was delivered with his usual, self-aware humor. But Mulaney has never had an issue being funny. The longest road ahead for Mulaney is not how to talk about his recovery onstage, but who to talk about it as. It is impossible to reconcile this material with Mulaney’s “aw shucks” Jimmy Stewart persona. It’s a persona partly defined by a joke in his debut special, 2012’s New in Town: “I don’t drink. I used to drink, then I drank too much, and I had to stop.
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JesseDavidFox Thank you so much for this raw, but beautifully written piece. And for what it’s worth (probs not much), I am so rooting for John because he IS just like all of us-we are all fumbling through life wanting to be loved, liked, filled, & admired. Loved your writing very much, Jesse!
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JesseDavidFox A lot of people are coming out of this pandemic having lost loved ones. Please stop using spoiled celebrities go remind us of the cost. Three quarters of a million Americans died ffs.
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JesseDavidFox He doing a lot for someone just out of rehab
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