Word: emo
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...approaches comedy through the eyes of a vulnerable, naive persona, an innocent commenting on the world, But the real Emo is almost indistinguishable from his comic persona at first. He slips in a joke wherever possible, ponders each answer as though on another planet, and only then lets a small grain of truth slip...
...Emo finds meaning in coleslaw--"The coleslaw symbolizes the cosmos. The chopped cabbage is matter, the mayonnaise is the love of God holding everything together...." Much of his act consists in such grand observations, though he maintains that social comment is "an undercurrent...
There is, however, another side of Emo, a more pragmatic and genuinely thoughtful one, though it is seldom seen. He speaks seriously of the moral responsibility of a performer to the audience and observes, "You have to be very, very careful...every single word is very powerful when you're in the public...
...Emo's recent successes, including his album,EMO2, and a Cinemax special seem to have left him somewhat ambivalent about fame. He says, "It's okay. I don't mind. It's nice. I don't care. I hate...
...Here's Emo the Pragmatist, the one who has "a plan to get Hasenfus out of Nicaragua--trade Daniloff for him." In March, this Renaissance man of comedy can be seen in "HBO On Location," and in April he will be releasing a new album on Epic Records and appearing in the film remake of Journey to the Center of the Earth...