Dane Cook: Vicious Circle (2006) (TV)

Director:

Marty Callner

Writer:

Dane Cook (writer)

Release Date:

4 September 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Vicious Circle captures the hottest comic in America in his first HBO comedy event, a unique "in the round" performance before his hometown Boston fans. |

Plot Keywords:

Windex | Cheating | Stand Up Comedy | Lie | Atheist

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy.

Cast

Dane Cook

...

Himself

Runtime:

USA:90 min | 132 min (special uncut DVD version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Quotes:

Dane Cook: I don't say, "Bless you." I say, "God bless you," because I'm not the Lord.

Movie Connections:

References Ghost (1990)

Masterstories

You know, we fool ourselves. We clump things together because of characteristics that show we do not understand. For instance, we have this category of "hobbies," a strange way to organize things we choose to do.

Comedy is like that. I believe. If we laugh at things, we clump them together as if they had something in common.

So this is called comedy. I think I'd call it great storytelling. These aren't jokes — they're life, spun in a way that we have to laugh. Its the Bill Cosby style of storytelling. Stuff from marriage, childhood, friends. Long, long introspective memories.

What works here is that the man does draw us unto his stories. He's quite talented at this. He's less talented at turning that attention into the sort of startling twists or insights that constitute great humor. But it hardly matters because our investment in the story is deep enough for us to laugh at less clever comic devices.

If you are interested in who you are, surely you are interested in why you laugh. This helps.

And you'll laugh too.

He's on a small circular stage. Look closely at the design of the pattern. Its a hand.

Ted's Evaluation -- 3 of 3: Worth watching.