Denemek ALTIN - Özgür
Matt Rogers Makes the Yuletide Gay
New York magazine
|December 05-18, 2022
This is not the time for thinking. It's the time for crooning.
-

JUST IN TIME to celebrate this magical season of warmth and togetherness, a new Christmas special arrives to remind us of the most important truths about this wonderful time of year. In his new Showtime hour, Have You Heard of Christmas?, comedian Matt Rogers, dressed in a metallic tuxedo, stands onstage at Joe's Pub to deliver his own interpretation of the holiday's central message. "Every year, Santa knows just what to say/When all of the elves claim the bag's way too tight/And maybe we shouldn't do this tonight," he sings, his lips curling with naughty pleasure. "Nobody asks why Santa has so much lube," he continues, nearly bent in half, eyes closed. It's among the first of Rogers's original songs in the special, and like most of his numbers, it's sung with the intense sincerity of a starlet who knows her entire cultural worth is tied up in her sex appeal. In the opening number, a more upbeat banger, each verse is an ever-more-explicit description of hooking up with someone: "Intoxicate/Alleviate/I want to feel you from inside." And then comes the chorus, delivered with an arm flourish and a twirl: "Also it's Christmas! Did I mention that it's Christmas in this club?"
Christmas and comedy are fond bedfellows-much like many of the people Rogers sings about here-but the most familiar versions of Christmas comedy treat the holiday as a situation. There's the National Lampoon version, in which Christmas becomes the backdrop for family shenanigans and frantic last-minute shopping, travel, romance, secrets, and elaborate showcases that need to be pulled off or else everything is ruined. There's also Awkward Comedy Christmas (gifting cringe), Capitalism Commentary Christmas (shopping, but make it satire), Sketch-Comedy Christmas (if Netflix doesn't make an I Think You Should Leave holiday special, the executives are bigger idiots than I thought), and of course Christmas Myths Are Real (Santa exists, and that is funny).
Bu hikaye New York magazine dergisinin December 05-18, 2022 baskısından alınmıştır.
Binlerce özenle seçilmiş premium hikayeye ve 9.000'den fazla dergi ve gazeteye erişmek için Magzter GOLD'a abone olun.
Zaten abone misiniz? Oturum aç
New York magazine'den DAHA FAZLA HİKAYE

New York magazine
The Uncanceling of Chris Brown
The singer claims he's been overlooked, but his blockbuster stadium tour suggests otherwise.
6 mins
October 6-19, 2025

New York magazine
Who Speaks for Wendy Williams?
TRAPPED IN A HIGH-END DEMENTIA FACILITY, THE FORMER TALK-SHOW HOST IS CAMPAIGNING FOR FREEDOM. IT MAY NOT MATTER.
29 mins
October 6-19, 2025

New York magazine
How does a luxury brand like Prada sell desire to a public inundated with beautiful images? It hires Ferdinando Verderi.
The Man Who Translates Fashion
15 mins
October 6-19, 2025

New York magazine
The City Politic: Errol Louis
Eric Adams believes he can rewrite his legacy. His record says otherwise.
5 mins
October 6-19, 2025

New York magazine
The Home Gallery
A young couple with a growing art collection reimagines a penthouse loft in Soho.
1 mins
October 6-19, 2025

New York magazine
THE TECHNO OPTIMIST'S GUIDE TO FUTURE-PROOFING YOUR CHILD
AI doomers and bloomers alike are girding themselves for what's coming-starting with their offspring.
23 mins
October 6-19, 2025

New York magazine
Among the Chairs and a Half
My exhaustive search had three criteria: The chair had to be roomy, comfortable, and nontoxic.
3 mins
October 6-19, 2025
New York magazine
He's Opening a Gourmet Grocer in Tribeca. Maybe You've Heard?
Meadow Lane is ready at last. It only took six years and 685 TikToks to get here.
2 mins
October 6-19, 2025

New York magazine
Neighborhood News: The Kimmel Resistance Comes to Fort Greene
Unlikely free-speech warrior broadcasts from BAM.
1 mins
October 6-19, 2025

New York magazine
Harris Dickinson Won't Be Your Heartthrob
The actor's feature-length directorial debut is a dark look at homelessness, but don't call him a do-gooder.
8 mins
October 6-19, 2025
Translate
Change font size