Sarah Silverman’s A.V. Interview

This A.V. Club interview with Sarah Silverman while not as good as others they’ve conducted, is still interesting simply for how little is revealed. A New Yorker story mentioned that “Because Silverman is a comedian, she doesn’t like to dissect what she does.” I disagree with this premise generally, because in order to get anywhere in comedy, you have to examine your work simply to figure out what works for you, for an audience. It might be more inexplicable that a Zen Koan, but there has to be a critical eye.

That said, this is a great example of a comic avoiding dissection, although I’m not really sure how you would answer questions like, “What was it like to be fired from [SNL]?” The most interesting part is her description of how Chris Rock would get an audience to listen to him - he’d simply start his act and let them catch up. There’s a little else there, but it’s kind of fun to see how rude-funny someone can be in print. Read the full interview here.