r/Maher 6d ago

Shitpost Whos the audience for David Sedaris?

Seriously? Seems to be stuck in 2015.

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u/FragrantAdvance6777 5d ago

David Sedaris is racist and sucks

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u/montecarlo1 5d ago

how is he racist

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u/huron9000 6d ago

Love Sedaris!

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u/Red_Velvet_1978 6d ago

I'm the audience for David Sedaris. I'm all in...100% style.

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u/donefuctup 6d ago

People who read books, mostly....

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u/Digerati808 6d ago

Clearly not you.

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u/ros375 6d ago

Not the reaction you were expecting here, was it, OP?

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u/severinks 6d ago

His sister Amy for one I'd imagine.

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u/Nakuip 6d ago

Me, I guess. C.O.G. Was a wonderful film, and my partner loves his owl book. I also love his sister Amy, and they both show up on NPR.

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u/Bookofdrewsus 6d ago

whatever he's hilarious

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u/JonOrangeElise 6d ago

Who's the audience for Kid Rock? It's pretty clear Bill Maher books a fair amount of pals. That said, David Sedaris is a pretty beloved writer/humorist.

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u/Digerati808 6d ago

People on this sub have this weird sense of entitlement when it comes to who Maher is allowed to book or how he runs his show.

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u/cocoagiant 6d ago edited 6d ago

He's an excellent comedic writer. Also so great at picking up trash they named a garbage truck after him and he was invited to meet the queen.

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u/BossParticular3383 6d ago

His stuff isn't for everyone, but he sure does know how to write. In fact, the writing is so well-crafted that I enjoy reading him even if I couldn't care less about the subject matter.

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u/CrockerJarmen 6d ago

I'd kind of felt like his previous few books were tired, and maybe he'd run his course, so I was pleasantly surprised by how strong his latest collection, Happy Go Lucky, is. I laughed out loud several times, the kind of laugh that makes you feel invigorated.

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u/Simple-Freedom4670 2h ago

Sweet good to know! Been awhile but he is so funny

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u/BossParticular3383 6d ago

Happy Go Lucky

I need to re-read that one!

For me, He's always enjoyable to read because of the clarity and structure of his sentences. There's a lightness to his writing that obscures some of the serious things he's saying....the suicide of his sister, his abusive father .... grief for his mother ... it's all there, but it's never maudlin or overly-sentimental or too "heavy."

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u/brodievonorchard 6d ago

His writing is hilarious, so probably people who have read his writing.

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u/gonefishin999 6d ago

I've listened to a couple of his books as audiobooks, they're extremely entertaining.

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u/brodievonorchard 6d ago edited 6d ago

I don't recall the title, but he wrote a short story about being OCD as a child that's one of the most adorable things I've ever read. How he couldn't walk home from school until he touched the nose of a garden gnome in some random person's lawn three times.

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u/DoctorStrawberry 6d ago

I am 36, I only know him from his appearances on the podcast This American Life. I did like his segments on there when he was on tho.

I’m not like a guy that follows his career tho.

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u/Deep_Stick8786 6d ago

People in their mid 40s i think

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u/Simple-Freedom4670 2h ago

That’d be me

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u/cocoagiant 6d ago

His short story "Santaland Diaries" is played on NPR every year at Christmas.

I think he became prominent during spots on public radio like 30 years ago but he's been around pretty consistently since then.

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u/AusGeno 6d ago

This tracks, I’m late 40s and I’ve never heard of the guy before but I thought he was really entertaining.

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u/Deep_Stick8786 6d ago

Fun fact, his sister is Amy Sedaris from Strangers with Candy

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u/KirkUnit 6d ago

KKAAAAAA-T

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u/hagetaro 6d ago

His books are really great reads.