Me talk funny one day
David Sedaris / If it’s sympathy you’re seeking, humorist David Sedaris famously reminds us, you needn’t look beyond the dictionary, where you can find it between “shit” and “syphilis.” And that’s Sedaris’ wicked charm–he readily admits that life isn’t easy but teases anyone who feels singled out by the thing that’s hardest on all of us: humanity. For as much as he pokes fun at our collective experience (“Everyone looks retarded once you set your mind to it,” he wrote in Holidays on Ice), Sedaris is doubly hard on himself. Or at the very least, he’s not shy about exposing his often-embarrassing idiosyncrasies. Devoted fans know well the tics of his obsessive-compulsive youth (during which time his habit of kissing newspapers and licking light switches got him in trouble) and the plight of his time working as Crumpet the Elf at a New York City Macy’s during Christmastime. What shines most in Sedaris is the somewhat adolescent yet still brilliant lens through which he sees the world. Now is your chance to hear the master satirist regale some of his funniest moments before a live audience. The show is sure to leave you with an acute sense of both what’s so messed up about modern society, and why it’s so side-splittingly funny anyway.
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