Greg Giraldo

My response to his obituary in the New York Times:

What a shame that the headline for one of the most respected and brilliant comedians of our time described him as an "Insult-Humor Comedian." Much of his stand-up was actually self-deprecating. Greg performed on roasts, but he wasn't an insult comic. He was a comic's comic. He was cut from the same cloth as Lenny Bruce and Richard Pryor, both brave and vulnerable. Greg wrote profoundly about politics, our culture, relationships, and human frailty, and had a rapid fire delivery that didn't allow the audience a moment to recover from the previous joke. He had deep respect for the the art and craft of comedy, but he was never self-righetous. The joke always came first. RIP Greg Giraldo.