Andy Daly Mines Art From Hack-Comedy Criticism

The latest in pop-culture news, recaps, and reviews, plus close reads, profiles, interviews, and more from Vulture.com. [Brand Logo]( the great bits [Andy Daly Mines Art From Hack-Comedy Criticism]( His 2006 Comedy Death-Ray set throws a giant middle finger to everything alt-comedy finds unacceptable. Photo: Liezl Estipona I will never forget when I first heard Andy Daly’s set from 2006’s Comedy Death-Ray album. I was fortunate enough to be doing regular club sets in Los Angeles, but aside from five minutes on racism that earned me a career, my act didn’t seem much different from any of the other five or so white male comics who taped Comedy Central’s Premium Blend that year in the same shiny, black, pointy-collared H&M shirt I wore. The double Death-Ray CD, also released by Comedy Central, featured performers on Scott Aukerman and B.J. Porter’s weekly show in a crumbling, 99-seat East Hollywood theater, including Mindy Kaling, Dan Mintz, and 16 more “alternative comedy” acts. The scene was a reaction to the slick, lifeless, cadence-driven bloviating that too often dominated the comedy airwaves, which I feared my act was beginning to resemble. [read more]( Volley à Deux A selection of our Challengers coverage 1. [Let Josh O’Connor Be Extremely Filthy in Everything If cleanliness is godliness, the Challengers star’s dirtiness is perfectly profane.]( 2. [Is Zendaya the Leading Lady We’ve Been Looking for? Two critics face off about the actor’s Challengers performance and debate whether she knows how to serve onscreen as well as on the red carpet.]( 3. [Before Challengers, Josh O’Connor Served Sex and Swagger in a Masterpiece Series On The Durrells in Corfu, where he spends much of his time banging away on a typewriter and screaming.]( 4. [There Are Actually Two Almost-Threesomes in Challengers One’s in a hotel room and the other’s on the tennis court.]( 5. [A Tennis Dummy’s Guide to the Ending of Challengers So, uh, who won that last match?]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( Devour pop culture with us. [Subscribe now]( to save over 40% on unlimited access to Vulture and everything New York. The Latest TV Recaps • Baby Reindeer: [Would You See Me As Less of a Man?]( • The Sympathizer: [In Cold Blood]( • The Jinx: [Naughty Boys]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( Stories We Think You’ll Like [I Have So Many Questions About The Jinx’s Wonder Twins The standouts of the Durst prosecution team are John Grisham protagonists run through a Workaholics filter.]( By Roxana Hadadi [It’s Gypsy Rose Blanchard’s Time to Stand on Business She’s releasing a new memoir, My Time to Stand, in January 2025.]( By Zoe Guy [Gérard Depardieu in Police Custody Regarding Sexual-Assault Allegations Under questioning about two on-set sexual-assault allegations.]( By Jason P. Frank [Colin Jost’s Best Jokes at the 2024 White House Correspondents’ Dinner “Donald Trump has spent the past week falling asleep in court every morning — though Fox News said he was just being ‘anti-woke.’”]( [Blue Ivy Carter Fit Mufasa Into Her Busy Schedule Making her film debut in the Barry Jenkins Disney film alongside her client, Beyoncé.]( By Zoe Guy [The Boy and the Heron Will Poop on Streaming Soon Miyazaki’s recent Oscar winner will be on digital platforms in June.]( By Eric Vilas-Boas [Staff Meal Deserves Five Stars on Yelp A play about restaurant-making that’s likely to resonate with any underpaid, overwhelmed, hyperpassionate, exhausted creator.]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( Vulture Games [Today’s Crossword]( 28-Across, Four Letters: Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese, as of April 15 Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Getty, Everett [Today’s Cinematrix]( Can you name an Oscar-nominated Will Smith movie? Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Steve Granitz/FilmMagic, Gregg DeGuire/WireImage A newsletter about the perpetual Hollywood awards race, for subscribers only. [Sign up]( to get it every week. [Get the Newsletter]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe]( | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1701 Rhode Island Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2024, All rights reserved