Thanks. Had to dive into the backlog for this one. Hoping to be done with this exceptionally busy season of life at the end of the summer once we move out to the suburbs.
I’ve watched Elephant in the Room at least twenty times. Brilliance. O’Neal’s improvisations are genius and so is his precise scripting. I’m 100% certain that he had a crowd wrangler find that white woman somewhere else in the theater and escort her and her partner to those particular seats on his left. She was extraordinarily beautiful in any context but she needed to be exactly that beautiful for the jokes to hit their hardest. And then, through effective stage movement, he could pivot to his right, to the opposite direction, to include that black woman as part of the hilarious political commentary. Just amazing. “I’ve gonna put a white baby on a key chain. And gonna dress it really white, too. A pair of Ugg boots and sweatpants.” Killer.
Any conspiracy theories out there about him ackshually dying of Havana Syndrome or something? I mean that vaccinated egg shit was a little too close to home, I think somebody in Quantico made his death *rather* "untimely."
Great piece, Peter, and good to have you writing again.
Thanks. Had to dive into the backlog for this one. Hoping to be done with this exceptionally busy season of life at the end of the summer once we move out to the suburbs.
Nice! Please let that mean you’ll be rocking to “Rockin’ the Suburbs” from here on out 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34u_3Z9_LUw
I never stopped. It’s a state of mind!
I’ve watched Elephant in the Room at least twenty times. Brilliance. O’Neal’s improvisations are genius and so is his precise scripting. I’m 100% certain that he had a crowd wrangler find that white woman somewhere else in the theater and escort her and her partner to those particular seats on his left. She was extraordinarily beautiful in any context but she needed to be exactly that beautiful for the jokes to hit their hardest. And then, through effective stage movement, he could pivot to his right, to the opposite direction, to include that black woman as part of the hilarious political commentary. Just amazing. “I’ve gonna put a white baby on a key chain. And gonna dress it really white, too. A pair of Ugg boots and sweatpants.” Killer.
There truly was/is nobody like him. One of one!
Yes!
Any conspiracy theories out there about him ackshually dying of Havana Syndrome or something? I mean that vaccinated egg shit was a little too close to home, I think somebody in Quantico made his death *rather* "untimely."
Never saw any. But Occam’s BMI Razor would definitely point to a stroke.
Love Patrice O’Neal. Such a *presence*. I interviewed him a few months before he died! It's a fascinating convo. You can check it out here: https://funnyhow.substack.com/p/great-interviews-with-patrice-oneal