Is Alt Comedy The New Mainstream?

LAT:

Indeed, this darkly ironic, scathing, scatological and subversive humor actually disguises a more pragmatic point of view: Comedy is a savvy career move. And though serious comics have always been creatures of New York and Los Angeles, more and more of them end up here for the work. Yes, success is still a longshot and demands slavish devotion, but the opportunities -- and the ethnicities of the comics themselves -- are far more diverse than they've ever been.

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Comments

[YeahDonkey]

Stop playing comedy clubs, they are the death of comedy.

[yawning718]

If it is Patton Oswalt (Werewolves is a near perfect comedy album) or David Cross (fearless genius) or Mitchel & Web over in Britain (Peep Show is brilliant) or even Sarah Silverman (hit & miss), great - funny stuff, values I value, etc.. But not Galafanakis (I don't care what anyone says - his stand up just isn't funny; and no, it isn't about getting it...I get it and I don't want it) and not the Apatow mafia (smug, self-satisfied garbage).

[AGarcia]

Totally agree about Galafanakis and Apatow crew. Boring.

[steppenwolfsayshi]

Patton Oswalt, David Cross and Sarah Silverman are not alt comedy even if they are funny.
If the author's point was that once was alternative has become the mainstream, to some extent that's true. But there's some pretty weird stuff out there still. Isn't that like cultural evolution or something?

[Julietjeske]

If Alt Comedy is the new mainstream, then I need to be working MORE! And actually making more than say....$0-­50 a gig. HA!!!!!!!!!!!!