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Insult Comic

Key & Peele
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The setup

A fearless roast comedian discovers the limits of his act when one patron insists on being included.

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The premise

Here’s the bit.

An insult comedian works his way around a comedy-club audience, joking about their appearances and promising equal treatment. He hesitates when a burn survivor in a wheelchair asks for a turn. The patron repeatedly encourages him, while the comedian searches for a safe target. Once he finally delivers a personal insult, the man breaks down and the rest of the room turns against the performer.

The funny people

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Say it with us

Highly quotable.

I can take it.

I thought I could, but I can't.

Behind the scenes

The people who made it.

A little extra

Notes from the archive.

The Television Academy’s 2014 prosthetic-makeup ballot describes Peele’s burn makeup as silicone covering half his face and neck, supplemented with textured transfers and hand-laid hair.

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