Demetri Martin

Demetri Martin is not your average standup comedian. In the style of contemporaries like Eugene Mirman and Zach Galifianakis, Martin stretches the boundaries of the form into something resembling a form of Borscht Belt performance art, as if Laurie Anderson's primary influences had been Steven Wright and Peter Sellers. Incorporating musical instruments, props, and video into his otherwise standard on-stage act, Martin's primary on-stage persona is that of a naïve youngster reminiscent of '80s cult comic Emo Phillips, but not nearly so deliberately annoying.

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