In 'From Bleak to Dark,' the typically cantankerous Marc Maron turns toward grace. kvanaren writes
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Despite that description, the special is not a sudden departure from Maron’s typical comedic identity. He is not known for chipper optimism, and this special’s title is not a misnomer. Most of the punch lines come from discovering humor inside existentially terrifying topics: dementia, climate catastrophe, suicide, death, grief. The special opens with Maron charging onto the stage, doing a single perfunctory wave, grabbing the mic, then swiftly cutting off the audience applause.
But after those first 20 minutes, Maron begins to shade in other colors. The first is a section on aging and dementia, which lingers on his relationship with his father and awareness of getting older. It’s material that teeters deliberately between warmth and chilly dismissal, both in Maron’s experience of it and in his portrayal.
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