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A Man from Kansas

Chris Porter

Comedy Dynamics · 2019 · 58 min

No-nonsense stand-up targeting hipsters, apps, and flat-earthers.

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Chris Porter relies on a straightforward, mildly irritated Midwestern perspective to make his case that modern life has gotten unnecessarily complicated. His strongest routines focus on hipsters ruining the simple American hamburger with complex artisanal backstories, and the stubborn absurdity of the flat-earth debate. He keeps his material free of heavy political or religious arguments, choosing instead to talk about the oddities of everyday masculine life—such as using an “Uber for handymen” app or deciding what sort of terrible behavior you will overlook in the heat of a moment. Filmed at the Gothic Theatre in Denver, Colorado, on August 17, 2018, and released by Comedy Dynamics in April 2019, this third one-hour special arrived five years after his previous release, “Ugly & Angry”, which had enjoyed a long, highly rated run on Netflix.

The set list

4 bits

  1. Gourmet burgers and hipsters overcomplicating comfort food

    Porter laments the ubiquity of cheeseburgers with garlic aioli, arugula, and havarti, complaining that he just wants breakfast rather than a Radiohead album

  2. Flat-earthers, chemtrail believers, and internet echo chambers

    Argues Google is a search engine rather than an answer engine, connecting fools with tens of thousands of other dumbasses rather than telling them they are wrong

  3. Toxic masculinity and repairing the man-brand

    Critiques men who only express anger, happiness, and confusion, calls out abusive men in power, and demands that men stop sending unsolicited dick pictures

  4. Playing beer pong with celebrities

    Porter reflects on playing beer pong with famous figures as a man from Kansas

How it plays

Tone
Blunt, cynical, annoyed, and observational
On stage
Critical, matter-of-fact, annoyed, and a self-described simple man in a complicated world
About
Hipsters ruining food, Toxic masculinity and being a man, Beer pong with celebrities, Internet conspiracy theories and echo chambers, Modern culture without politics or religion

What the critics said

Praised for his blunt, relatable style of observational comedy and sharp anecdotes that skirt hot-button topics without succumbing to polarizing political commentary

Summed up from reviews, articles and listings. Sources: comedydynamics.com, imdb.com, theinterrobang.com, tv.apple.com, metrosiliconvalley.com, thecomicscomic.com, en.wikipedia.org.

Backstory

Created with a deliberate aversion to direct political polarization and partisan commentary, focusing instead on culture wars, toxic masculinity, and everyday annoyances

Details

Released
Taped
2018, Gothic Theatre, Denver
Runtime
58 min
Where
Comedy Dynamics
Director
Brian Volk-Weiss
Topics
Before
Lost & Alone (2017)
After
There's No Money In Babies (2023)

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