No.10527
Anonymous
2026-06-11 14:50:32
is nick mullen funny?
No.10531
Anonymous
2026-06-11 15:03:06
no
No.10533
Anonymous
2026-06-11 15:08:15
Some of his off-the-cuff stuff is very funny but his standup is surprisingly mid. Most of his popularity comes from being a sort of aspirational figure for alcoholic failsons with vague artistic inclinations.
Yeah of course. His peak stuff was especially funny at-the-time and has unfortunately aged poorly because 1. It’s referenced constantly online 2. It’s not really unusual or edgy anymore for leftist men to be idiosyncratically vulgar about race/gender stuff. Today he just seems kinda burnt out on his own “thing” but I trust his best work is ahead of him. He’s also a good writer.
No.10538
Anonymous
2026-06-11 15:58:04
>>10534
I think he could do with a writing partnership with someone with more of a human touch.
I saw a good comment about Four Lions, which was that although the driving force behind the comedy is obviously Chris Morris, and all the absurdist satire is most definitely his (especially evident in the fantastic coda with the aphex twin song: 'The report makes crystal clear that the police shot the right man, but as far as I'm aware, the wrong man exploded. Is that clear?' and 'Most loud bangs aren't bombs, they're scooters backfiring'), the film nonetheless benefits from the more human and poignant moments, for example when Riz Ahmed's character tells his wife he's going to go through with his plan ('I'm taking my team up to the top floor').
Mullen is comparable to Morris in many ways. Obviously both are very edgy and unable to resist getting a rise out of people. Both of them naturally inhabit a sort of alpha male comedic persona - Morris as the icily superior news anchor on The Day Today, Mullen as the self-assured playground bully. Both are arguably redeemed by an extremely strong morality that underlies their desire to shock and offend.
As entertaining as Cum Town was, I think that if Mullen is going to write something really worth watching, he is going to need to find someone to provide that counterpoint. And although I don't have anything against him, I don't think that person is Adam Friedland.
I think he could do with a writing partnership with someone with more of a human touch.
I saw a good comment about Four Lions, which was that although the driving force behind the comedy is obviously Chris Morris, and all the absurdist satire is most definitely his (especially evident in the fantastic coda with the aphex twin song: 'The report makes crystal clear that the police shot the right man, but as far as I'm aware, the wrong man exploded. Is that clear?' and 'Most loud bangs aren't bombs, they're scooters backfiring'), the film nonetheless benefits from the more human and poignant moments, for example when Riz Ahmed's character tells his wife he's going to go through with his plan ('I'm taking my team up to the top floor').
Mullen is comparable to Morris in many ways. Obviously both are very edgy and unable to resist getting a rise out of people. Both of them naturally inhabit a sort of alpha male comedic persona - Morris as the icily superior news anchor on The Day Today, Mullen as the self-assured playground bully. Both are arguably redeemed by an extremely strong morality that underlies their desire to shock and offend.
As entertaining as Cum Town was, I think that if Mullen is going to write something really worth watching, he is going to need to find someone to provide that counterpoint. And although I don't have anything against him, I don't think that person is Adam Friedland.
No.10575
Anonymous
2026-06-14 03:29:04
A lot more than most "comedians" but not nearly as much as his weirdo fanboys say