the new batch of love for john mulaney here on tumblr has got me thinking how critical costume design is once again. john mulaney is a good comedian, but so much of his power comes from how his humor plays off how he’s dressed. we don’t expect a man dressed like a 1960s news announcer, all clean scrubbed and tight-wound professional, to describe in minute detail the visit where a doctor shoved a hand up his ass. imagine any iconic john mulaney set but given in jeans and a t-shirt, and is it as funny? i don’t think so. his humor spreads like wildfire on this website because the image of a man in a buttoned-up shirt and a tie and slicked back hair with fairly narrow lapels on his three-piece suit is fucking hysterical when paired with “years later I’d be in college about to go down on some
rockin’ twink and i’d be like what would leonard bernstein do”
well I do recall a comedian telling about how he accidentally joined the russian mafia on a school trip in college, and this was made more believable by the fact that he was shirtless with a beer belly while telling this story
That point is valid and all and completely true but uh quick thing who the FUCK is out here tryna fuck Pennywise the Mega Forehead Whacked Out Child Killing BITCH
These two bring me so much joy and I always think about how amazing it is that Rei breaks this nerd trope by being such an empathetic person that’s in tune with emotions more than any other character. He calls out stuff for what it is, but not out of being an asshole, but because he deeply cares about everyone and helps them confront their feelings that struggle to understand themselves.
