I think a lot about my fears, things that worry me. Make me afraid. I like Marc Maron because he talks about that in his standup. Actually a of comedians talk about fears, but generally it is debunking social fears. Collective fears of the populace, or the government.
Many comedians will throw in their vulnerabilities but I think the 21st century has a new brand of comedian. The identity specialist.
These comedians talk about their own personal fears and ideas of the world. They essentially built a cult of personality based on people who feel kinship to their world view.
Two come to mind: Aziz Ansari, Mike Birbiglia. They both not only talk about their personal joys, and hang-ups but also candidly reveal their relationships struggles. Not as a caricature but as themselves. Not as an everyman but as themselves and then asks the audience if they can relate to their very real personal struggles and heartbreaks.
This is great art.
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