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- Mirman’s own stand-up is infused with a warm and cheerful sense of the ridiculous, including satirical bits that sting instead of lash and stories using show-and-tell-style props.
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Apr 7, 2020 · Mirman has always defined comedy as broadly as possible, and while there are still comics with rigid ideas about what constitutes stand-up, Mirman’s more catholic tastes have won the day.
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Dec 12, 2012 · By Robert Schoon. Eugene Mirman’s first hour-long Comedy Central special, Eugene Mirman: An Evening of Comedy In a Fake Underground Laboratory, will be arriving on your television sets this...
Mirman was born Evgeniy Borisovich Mirman ( Russian: Евгений Борисович Мирман) on July 24, 1974, in Moscow, Russia, when the country was part of the Soviet Union, to Boris Mirman, a Latvian Jew, and Marina, a Russian Jew. [3] [4] His father was a civil engineer. [5] His family immigrated to the United States when he was ...
Sep 20, 2011 · From his early days with “Invite Them Up,” a stand-up staple until 2008, to his weekly “Pretty Good Friends” shows at Union Hall in Park Slope, Mirman is king and a kingmaker in the so-called “alt comedy” world.
Mar 28, 2013 · Mirman’s album does not break any new ground for his own style of comedy, but it is so intrinsically unique by nature you get the sense that no other comedian could do his material. Mirman is a special, endearing kind of awkward, which makes it so that his audience can relate to him on one hand, while pondering his strangeness on the other.
Jul 24, 2020 · Review: “It Started As A Joke,” a documentary about Eugene Mirman and his Comedy Loves. It Started As A Joke is not just a documentary, it’s also a love story. It’s a love story about Eugene Mirman and so-called “alt-comedy”; about Mirman almost singlehandedly moving that comedy scene from Manhattan’s East Village and Lower East ...
Mirman's standup career began in the '90s when he began making the rounds at New York's esteemed comedy clubs. His subtle delivery and absurdist style quickly caught on with audiences, and by...
