Odenkirk Slams Manosphere Comedy, Calls for Evolution

0:00It's May 2nd, I'm Cory with the story. This is entertainment and celebrity news today, driven by AI and built for the culture. Bob Odenkirk, the star from Better Call Saul, went in on what he calls Manus Beer Comedy during a recent New York Times interview. He labelled it the big reactionary wave of the last five years, all driven by internet vibes aimed at guys. Straight up, he says it lacks real depth, and he's glad it's fading out. He broke it down as pure shock value, like scraving up rotten stuff from the ground and hurling it at folks. It's crude, oh fish, and just gets boring fast, relying on being as rough as possible instead of smart material. Meanwhile, Odenkirk dug deeper into stand-up itself, pointing out that comedians aim being real up there. You're crafting a character pretending to be you, so everything's constructed. Audiences eat up the blunt delivery, but it blurs lines between show and straight talk. Hands and comics have mix-takes, with some seeing his words as a call for more substance

1:00in the scene. Coming from his roots in the 90s alt comedy world with folks like David Cross, then blowing up on breaking bad and Saul, he knows the game inside, out. Now shifting to action flicks, like nobody in his next one, normal. Odenkirk's pushing for comedy to evolve past the shallow end, keeps it real on what the stage should deliver.