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Comedy is rarely more exhausting than whenmultiple comedians tackle the same premise.
And its all thanks to a pair of filthy pillowcases.
Naturally, his take on pillow hygiene didnt dominate the ensuing headlines.
The other night, Im trying to get some sleep.
Trying to sleep; couldnt sleep … And suddenly it dawned on me.
I was like,This pillowcase is filthy!Are we supposed to change these?
He pauses to squint at an imaginary pillow.I flipped it over.
It was black and greasy.
I was like,Did Draymond Green sleep on this motherfucker?
Chris Rock roast the f!
*k out of Draymond Green #selectiveOutragepic.twitter.com/swAuNZAv4k
Kinanes bit starts with the same jumping-off point.
If youre a single man in here, leave now!
Go buy new pillows!
he implores the audience inShocks & Struts, his sixth hour-long special.
I was doing bed laundry during the day linens, if youre classy, he starts.
It was gold and slick.
The edges were crumbly and curled.
One side was burnt.
How did that even happen?
It looked like a map to the new world!
Thats what it looked like.
You could tell this is how they went from the Mediterranean to here.
We all think like,Oh, I snore, but probably cute.
Probably whimpers and wheezes.
Probably like a new little kitten.
No, you snore like a dragon with no lower jaw.
Thats how you snore.
And you emit fluid like a chocolate fountain filled with mucus.
He tilts his head back and lets out a guttural yell: Thats how we all sleep.
Just a document of your savagery.
Rocks bit is snappier.
By contrast, Kinane really sits in it.
He conveys a level of detail and specificity that only someone who recently had this experience could write.
The differences in these bits speak to these comedians contrasting sensibilities.
Rock uses brevity to sell his material, while Kinane achieves the same results with extended soliloquies.
Rock takes great pains to appear in control; Kinane deliberately engineers chaos.
Both comedians make the same point, but they trace different routes along disgusting pillow maps to get there.
