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John Mulaney: Baby J
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Baby J is actually really brave and necessary show for John Mulaney to make because it’s the only one that is actually about him, and really wraps up this arc about people’s parasocial relationships with him, disillusioning thay image of perfection he’s crafted for himself. He says himself in the special that he wants attention and wants everyone to like him - his previous shows effectively managed to do that by discussing things that were easy to laugh at like ‘hate my wife’ culture or Trump.
In Baby J, he actually talks about his life currently, specifically the bad stuff he never talked about before, allowing people to actually see him for the first time, a flawed human being. It’s a slightly darker show, because of it, while still showcasing his skill and particular flair of comedy. Being a people pleaser, it’s an important lesson that you shouldn’t keep up that image of perfection - you can’t. He’s the perfect example of what happens when you build yourself a pedestal to live on.
And as he finishes the show, he reminds everyone once again, that even the most horrible, shameful, and embarrassing story he told that night, is still only the most horrible, shameful and embarrassing story he was willing to tell us. Reminding us that we only see what he wants us to see, as is the case with all celebrities.
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I love that John Mulaney was like "actually there is one rumor that really bothers me and I'm gonna set the record straight: Pete Davidson is a little freak but he has been nothing but supportive of my sobriety."
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with hindsight, it's got to have been funny when we were saying shit in 2018 about how wholesome john mulaney is and how it was strange that he used to be addicted to cocaine. meanwhile, john mulaney was stumbling across nyc, taking his shirt off in a doctors kitchenette to get flu shots for prescription drugs, and harassing an innocent painter for cocaine
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bits I remember from John Mulaney's tour act that didn't make it into the Netflix special:
- his Natasha Lyonne impression 😔 it was much funnier than the Fred Armisen one tbh
- something to the effect of 'before my intervention everyone agreed to be nice to me in their speeches. except they all forgot to tell Nick Kroll that. and he went FIRST'
- during the 'trust doctors' bit he got sidetracked and started making a flat earth joke, he was like 'I'm not saying I believe it, but like-' and someone in the audience yelled 'BOO' and he immediately shot back 'OH FUCK YOU YOU DO NOT WALK AROUND GOING WOOOOoooooOOOO I-I-ITS A-A-A S-SPH-PHERRRREEEE' while doing this truly incredible flailing of his limbs
- 'do you know how weird it is for your baby to get mixed reviews? do you know how goddamn weird it is to announce your baby and have people go 'ehh, I liked his old work better'
- he also joked that getting divorced, getting into a new relationship and having a baby so fast was just him following the "baby steps" rules of getting clean lol
- when he was listing everything he was addicted to one of the drugs got a 'woo!' from the audience which turned into crowd work of finding out what everyone in the theater was addicted to
- he asked a teenager in the audience if he vapes and the kid said no and then his friend sitting next to him screamed 'DON'T LIE TO HIM!!!' loud enough for the whole theater to hear
-oh also there was a lot more about going back and forth with his poor accountant lol. this is all I noticed off the top of my head! wondering what was different in other tour spots?
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that eleven year old kid in the third row is seriously getting the best drug awareness show ever
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feel like it's important for y'all to know that when I saw John Mulaney in person, there was a little kid in the first 2 rows
and he did the whole "do you know who I am?" thing like in the special. except this kid said no and John did the whole "I did some very bad things"
BUT THE KID WAS LIKE "yeah I know" AND THE LOOK ON HIS FACE REALIZING THIS 10 YEAR OLD KID KNEW HIM AS, AND I QUOTE "The funny man who did a bunch of drugs"
WAS HILARIOUS
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