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On VulturesGood Onepodcast, Baker discussesWhiskey Fists, taking in audience feedback, and personal stand-up material.
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Thats partly because of how I came up doing comedy.
I was not doing comedy in Brooklyn.
I wasnt really being supported.
I was doing comedy by myself in a club.
Theyre upset; theyre not happy.
And I did four to five shows every night in that club.
This is something that Ive worked so hard for.
Ive missed family graduations because I was on the road.
I was like, Put all of that in.
This was just not that, so I wanted to get that.
I wanted to humble myself.
Its something that I went through last year; I had recurring miscarriages.
I had one three weeks before the special, to be honest.
I decided I wanted to wait, because I knew I would write about it later.
I ruined her birthday.
But I didnt have the same reaction to my miscarriage as she is having to hers.
And I wont cross that line, because thats just inauthentic.
There are times where you owe an apology, and I dont see why you wouldnt just apologize.
But then there are times where apologizing is really just pretending to be someone youre not.
Lets get to the joke.The truth is if youre doing that onstage, you havent done enough work offstage.
You cant be going to the audience to fix this stuff; thats psychotic.
I do see the point just to laugh.
But its not for me.
First of all, where I learned public speaking was in AA rooms.
How do you defend yourself when you really have no experience with it?
So I thought,Well, Im comfortable talking about this stuff for the most part.
Things are bad, but theyre not so bad.
