For this group of kids who are coming up at a time where there is just death all around them, media will be sort of ASMR. The reality of life in our country is so unbearable for kids who know no normalcy whatsoever. But here’s the concrete idea: Life itself is such a nightmare. It’s really, I think, heading to a crazy bizarre place. Like, cut to the Emmy’s 2055, and Best Drama is just someone sleeping. I truly think the end of the road is people watching a video of someone sleeping. But I think that signals to me that it’s just going to be bite-sized, very little narrative. That’s what it feels like.ĮINBINDER: Completely, yeah. And I think with YouTubers and bloggers and this generation sort of staying in that zone in terms of what they consume-I mean, kids of a certain age really don’t watch TV, from what I can tell.ĮINBINDER: They’re online, they’re on TikTok, they’re. HANNAH EINBINDER: Well, I hope that storytelling lives on, but so much of what reality television has done to media is put the storytelling, quote unquote, in the hands of truly anyone who can record themselves or who’s just kind of aimlessly living.
REGGIE WATTS: So, what do you think the future of media is, for TV shows and movies? Here, the actor and comedian dropped by the home of her friend Reggie Watts for a chat about the end of days, AI’s imminent takeover, and the problem with pool parties. In fact, some of that nihilism may be Einbinder’s own. But Ava’s career nihilism is no match for her own ego-a combination which makes Einbinder’s ability to endear audiences to her prickly character all the more remarkable. The mishap leaves her an industry pariah, and she’s banished to Las Vegas to write stale jokes for an aging comedian (Jean Smart). On Hacks, Einbinder plays Ava, an upstart TV writer who falls from grace after an untoward tweet. native from cult figure in the local comedy circuit to bi icon splashed across every other billboard on Sunset Boulevard. After spending years shopping her deadpan absurdist standup around Los Angeles, Einbinder landed the lead role in HBO Max’s Hacks- a dark comedy that propelled the 27-year-old L.A. Watts was born in Germany, raised in Montana, and currently resides in Los Angeles.The curmudgeonly but charming female lead is a tough niche to fill, but Hannah Einbinder has it covered. On screen, Reggie recently finished a 70 episode run as the co-host opposite Scott Aukerman on the critically acclaimed IFC variety series, Comedy Bang! Bang! He also co-starred alongside Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson and Skylar Astin in Universal Pictures’ musical comedy, Pitch Perfect 2, which garnered over $279 million at the box office.
As a technology aficionado, Watts lent his musical expertise to the Keezy app, which allows users to create their own music via samples from Watt’s repertoire. In 2013, Watts launched JASH, a web-based comedy platform on YouTube with fellow comedians Michael Cera, Sarah Silverman and Tim and Eric.
In 2012, Watts recorded his second comedy special, Reggie Watts: A Live At Central Park, which was released by Comedy Central. Later that year, at the invitation of Jack White, Watts recorded Reggie Watts: Live at Third Man Records which was released in limited edition vinyl. Why Shit So Crazy? featured Watts in live performances at New York venues such as Galapagos, The Bellhouse, and Le Poisson Rouge, bookended with brief sketches and music videos. In 2010, Watts released his debut comedy special, Why Shit So Crazy? on Comedy Central Records which can currently be found on Netflix.
and Europe, including festivals such as Bonnaroo, SXSW, Bumbershoot, Just For Laughs, Pemberton and more. Club described Spatial as “signature Watts, meaning it’s alternately exhilarating, silly, exhausting and transcendent,” and Exclaim! Magazine called his performance “engaging, absurd, thoughtful and, most importantly, wholly unpredictable.”Īs a solo performer, Watts brand of musical/comedy fusion has led to sold out headlining tours in the U.S. Watts’ first Netflix special Spatial released to massive critical acclaim, with the New York Times calling it “a giddy rush of escapist nonsense” and dubbing Watts “the most influential absurdist in comedy today.” The A.V. Using his formidable voice, looping pedals, and his vast imagination, Watts blends and blurs the lines between music and comedy, wowing audiences with performances that are 100% improvised. Reggie Watts is an internationally renowned Musician/Comedian/Writer/Actor who currently stars as the bandleader on CBS’s The Late Late Show with James Corden.