Hello and welcome to another episode of the JRE Review. Today I am reviewing Joe Rogan's

conversation with Rafinha Bastos in podcast 1243. Rafinha, I think that's how he says name,

is a Brazilian comedian. And what was interesting about him being on the show is during his conversation with Joe,

he was really explaining that there was no stand-up comedy in Brazil, kind of like in the early 2000s

and before it just didn't exist. There was nothing like it. And he had an idea to do it after coming to

college in the US and he was here on a basketball scholarship and decided to do stand-up, take it home,

got a group of people and that's it. It just became a thing after that thanks to this guy's help.

So really fascinating that a country even as recently as the 2000s didn't have stand-up comedy

and this guy was able to kind of create a scene down there. And because of that, it needed to evolve

and things needed to happen and there was problems and issues and lawsuits and you name it and he gets into it all.

So anyway, let's start the review.

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So, Brazilian stand-up is only about 16 years old according to Rafinha.

And that's not that old. That really hasn't given a lot of comedians a chance to develop themselves.

I mean, it takes time. Let's say comedy there's only been going six years, then you get into it and it's only been another 10.

Maybe that's enough time, somewhat to develop your voice. So you could imagine that there's starting to be a bit of a boom in stand-up comedy in Brazil now

because enough time is starting to pass but overall that's not enough to kind of develop a whole field.

Like when you look at US comedy and like what Joe's got to learn from, he's been able to see back the comics from like the 50s and even before that.

You see how they develop, you know, how things have changed, you know, carlin', Richard Pryor, you name it.

All these different generations of comedy and he gets to jump on that.

But in a sense this guy from Brazil doesn't get that. I mean, I guess he could see other comedians from different countries translate the comedy and then somehow make reference there.

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