Is anything that can be described as "wit" not also "accurate" inherently?
But I think Randy takes popular mainstream notions and criticisms that can be see on the twitter, instagram and comedy show of all liberals, especially gay liberals (of which I am proudly one) and puts it to song. What he does is clever (though a lot of the humor is reused and fairly basic in terms of mainstream satire and gay comedy) and usually very well done in terms of putting it into a lyric to an established and (usually) cleverly chosen song, and especially fun for musical theater people and fans of the sensibility he employees and also to people that don't watch political comedy or satire anywhere else. He does what basically everyone doing it does, he just does it to existing songs. And that is difficult and requires craft and wit. But I don't think he's deserving of words like "master", I don't think he's very savage considering the target and what else is out there in the world of mocking or criticizing this president (well done and correct yes, but I don't think quite "savage", unless calling Trump "girl" and making reference to scandals and widely discussed failings or scandals or faux pas is savage). I mean with Trump and this administration, it's not easy to come up with something original and cutting and decimating etc because it's all SO insane and extreme and every liberal with a social media account, let alone a tv show, makes similar observations and comic jabs. |
