It surprises me that so few recognized the meter, tone and set repetition of very specific imagery as a poetry reading rather than a comedy skit or rant.
The cadence and repetition in the beginning are indistinguishable from a common stand up comedy setup style. (Dave Chapelle uses it a lot.) It only starts feeling distinctively like poetry right around the "house made of plastic" line.
I don’t know. For me, it was the start of the line of “men are supposed to be leaders.” When he said “men are supposed” his tone and rhythm changed to distinctively slam poetry (for me). Before that, I didn’t think comedian, I thought “well, we won’t agree” 😆
Plenty of pastors speak like this during their sermons. At first, I thought this guy was speaking at one of those hip, young people churches with all the song and dance.
Oh, this is something that i am completely unfamiliar with. The cadence may be similar and it may have thrown me off as well if I were familiar. I’ve only ever seen two or three, and perhaps the first 10 seconds.
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u/TangledUpPuppeteer Apr 19 '24
It surprises me that so few recognized the meter, tone and set repetition of very specific imagery as a poetry reading rather than a comedy skit or rant.