Self-deprecation runs right through queer culture. It was seen as a badge of honor. I started to feel like perhaps it was destructive as well.
The thing about comedy is it gives you a platform to expose your own shortcomings, so it becomes a public display of weirdness.
I've got Asperger's. I come at things from sideways.
If a documentary crew were to follow me around, they'd probably think they were making a film about the saddest person in the world.
A lot of people are intimated by art, but it's something to be revered beyond criticism.
The only people I don't reach on a very personal level are straight white men. They don't really need another entertainer dedicated for them exclusively, so they're fine.
