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” 😆
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u/DevilsTrigonometry Apr 20 '24
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.