Will Bartolo and Rae Colquhoun-Fairweather: the ten funniest issues now we have ever seen (on the web)

[ad_1] W e are Rae and Will AKA raeandwill, a clown duo who concentrate on mime – so asking us to jot down in regards to the 10 funniest issues we’ve seen on the web is technically thought-about a hate crime. But when the limitless scroll of different individuals plugging their clown reveals has taught us something, it’s that now we have to take care of our digital facade or danger being unbooked and unblessed. And if there’s one factor the world desperately wants extra of, it’s clown reveals. (We aren’t joking.) So right here we're.

Will thinks the web is a demonic, vacuous gap that's slowly stripping him of his humanity :( And Rae is satisfied that the web has made her stronger, hotter, funnier, and by no means broken her mind :)

Whereas these would possibly appear like differing takes on the web, they’re actually simply methods of dealing with the truth that we dwell in a world of endless loops of AI meals consuming themselves. A few of us attempt to draw back, a few of us dive in headfirst however in the long run we’re all simply scrolling by the chaos collectively and, diva, that’s the place the magic occurs. Creatively, the web is our third collaborator. Earlier than something turns into a multi-award-winning present (now we have to point out off; see: worry of being unbooked and unblessed), our concepts often begin on-line. We spend months hoarding vibes: accumulating pictures, movies and random clips that really feel linked to the seed of our mission.

Listed below are the ten funniest issues that really feel linked to the seed of our humorous bone.

Will 1. Flutterbye fairy toy flies into fireplace

That is certainly one of my all time favourites. Childhood innocence interrupted by probably the most dramatic piece of classical music. The proper accompaniment for Flutterbye Fairy as she does the unspeakable. RIP.

2. Lano and Woodley – Fly

Within the lengthy lineage of comedic duos, I bloody love Lano and Woodley. I feel the care and element they put into the silliest and easiest of moments, like Woodley’s Oscar-deserving embodiment of a fly, is deeply inspiring. I might nerd out about their method for hours, and I received’t bore you right here, however I do owe them some type of thanks. And also you studying this, positive, it isn't a 10-second reel, however keep it up.

3. Julio Torres’s masterclass readily available appearing Enable Instagram content material?

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Any time somebody reveals me a brand new piece of media from the icon and aspirational twunk Julio Torres, I insist that they see the hand appearing masterclass from their Instagram in 2020. It consists of basic eventualities and how-tos equivalent to “BRING … ME … THE GIRL!”, “Providing her the potion however warning her that all the things has a worth”, and, in fact, “Fundamental eventualities for Superior Hand Performing; Handrail, ascending and descending”.

A necessary look ahead to any budding younger actor who desires to turn into a silent clown sooner or later. There are a minimum of three separate posts of classes in there. Completely happy scrolling.

4. Jennifer Lopez’s previous 5 years, particularly her inauguration efficiency

Throughout Covid, within the dying days of President Trump’s first time period, we had a glimmer of hope – Jennifer Lopez’s efficiency at Joe Biden’s inauguration. Whereas JLo’s self-funded movie This Is Me … Now: A Love Story and its accompanying documentary (an unimaginable double function) each should be on this record, it’s this second that takes the cake for me. Particularly, her resolution to mash up America the Stunning and This Land Is Your Land along with her 1999 occasion anthem Let’s Get Loud.

The try and shift this music from the dancefloor into the political sphere is so fantastically unhinged. Mixed along with her efficiency, it makes me scream, it makes me snicker, it makes me cry. I'll talk about it for many years and maybe write a dissertation on it.

5. The pet performers who receives a commission to behave like animals

“We might not obtain the applause as a result of we're doing it for an viewers who can’t clap.” Efficiency for home animals is an important and dignified artwork type and nothing you possibly can woof will persuade me in any other case.

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Rae 1. I Will At all times Love You

Oh my God. If this isn’t probably the most potent look into who I used to be as a toddler, I don’t know what's. The ambition. The frustration. The lack to manage. As somebody who's famously a nasty singer, I simply so deeply relate. Bless this woman and wherever she is now. Thanks in your service, queen.

2. Trisha Paytas’s whole physique of labor

Trisha Paytas was most likely the primary individual I really laughed at on-line. It was not possible to select only one video however this is without doubt one of the first I keep in mind. Fifteen years later, she’s nonetheless producing a number of the world’s finest, most richest content material. It’s delusion wrapped in confidence wrapped in expertise wrapped in additional expertise, dipped in much more expertise. Get her on Broadway YESTERDAY.

3. Advertisements for the cell recreation Undertaking Makeover

These adverts may not be successful with everybody however as somebody who loves being on-line I can’t look away. They pop up a minimum of 3 times a day and each time I wish to assist her sooooooo a lot. She’s coated in mud, she wants a bathe, NOT MORE MUD! The conditions she finds herself in are really the essence of clowning. I haven’t downloaded the sport (but) however I really feel personally chargeable for her wellbeing each time. LET HER WIN!!!

4. Dianne Laurance’s @dumpedwifesrevenge Instagram web page Enable Instagram content material?

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Dianne Laurance was dumped by her husband after 26 years of marriage … for somebody youthful. How does she get revenge? “BE FABULOUS AND LOOK FABULOUS,” and doc all of it on Instagram, in fact. I've a smooth spot for insane ladies whose star high quality simply must shine. And her snicker kills me each time.

5. Kermit is revealed to be the Snail on The Masked Singer

I’m satisfied that The Masked Singer exists within the Starvation Video games universe: each clip appears like peeking into the Capitol from District 12. This reveal is my favorite. It’s the fingers for me – the way in which they come out, the way in which the gang loses it for a puppet. Think about the Kermit puppeteer, trapped inside a large snail costume, singing. I don’t contemplate myself a Masked Singer stan but when each contestant was really a Muppet … I is likely to be transformed.

Rae Colquhoun-Fairweather and Will Bartolo AKA raeandwill are a efficiency duo based mostly in Sydney. You'll be able to catch Will in The place to Cover a Star in Sydney at ACO on the pier from 1 to 11 October and see raeandwill’s multi-award successful present Masterpiece at Melbourne Fringe on the Meat Market from 14 to 18 October