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"In October 2025, comedian Chris Gethard guest-hosted
Going Down, a leftist
political-satire public-access show. He used this opportunity in front of the
show’s audience of young creatives to discuss the death of the middle-class
comedian and how giant companies have bastardized the concept of DIY to exploit
artists. “Artists should not have DIY ethics used against them, where they have
to choose between betting on their own art and maybe owning a house someday,”
he said. “You shouldn’t have to choose between your dreams and the so-called
American Dream.” He added that this reality has seeped into stand-up and will
soon spread to all creative and media professionals.
Gethard’s argument contrasted the current moment to where comedy was 15 to even
five years ago, a period generally considered the Second Comedy Boom in which
the internet offered many comedians opportunities to get noticed, build active
fan bases, get jobs, and make money. And while the current era of short-form
video social media has been a boon for a number of comedians, it’s starting to
prove increasingly unsustainable, especially when mixed with Hollywood’s
post-streaming-boom, post-strikes era. On this week’s episode of
Good One,
Gethard — whose latest special,
A Father and the Sun, debuted this past
September — expounds on these ideas by outlining what pursuing a creative
career used to look like, where things went wrong, and where artists must go
from here."
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