One may find Jimmy Carr as a very controversial stand up comedy. If you have heard him for an hr, you may describe him as any or more of the following:
Disgusting, Offensive, Loser, Pathetic, A**hole, Shrewd, Insulting, Abusing, Tacky, Cheap, Trashy and more.
The topics he chooses are all adult themed and more on the taboo side of the society.
He has chosen that as his speciality and he is a master at it.
An "ok" joke by his standard is "Every night, after the show, I have many attractive women banging on my dressing room doors. Sometimes, I let them out."
To get an idea of it, here is one of his live stand up comedies:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FD7xoJxn8TA
Now, there is a totally another side of him:
https://www.instagram.com/wealthytools/reel/C83ryW8vVOE/
Here he is telling us how we take life's pleasures for granted and that 100 years ago even a king could not take a hot shower to relax which we can do instantly. He questions how we are living like kings and yet life is objectively better and subjectively worse.
These contrasting topics have a few things in common: Insights, Perspective, Deep understanding.
Through this post, I am putting a point that stand up comedy is actually about insights about human behaviour and expectations and is put across from a non-common perspective.
To be a good comedian requires that they become a good subject matter expert in their area of specialization. And that is not funny, and should be respected.
