Tuesday, November 29 ā¢ 7:30 pm
British comedian/YouTube phenom Daniel Howell really leans into funny fatalism with his āWeāre All Doomed!ā tour. Somehow, though, Earthās demise doesnāt seem so tragic when a 31-year-old gay bloke discusses it with a plummy British accent and over six million YT followers. Itās actually cozy listening to Howell wittily wax apocalyptic about humanityās lethal foolishness. You sense he can help us cope with doom by rubbing our faces in the hard facts about the mechanisms of our downfall, and then inducing cathartic laughs that temporarily assuage our recurring panic attacks.
Howell told Variety Australia, āWe allā¦ look at the news, have a bit of an internal panic, and then we all get dressed for work and pretend that everythingās normal while thereās rising sea levels and bees falling on the floor. But I feel like we all just need to have a moment of radical acceptance, where we just put everything out on the table and maybe make a few inappropriate jokes.ā That such dark humor springs from such a fresh-faced individual somehow makes these bitter truths more palatable. Gotta laugh to keep from crying, potentially for infinity.
