Wyatt Cenac is hip. He is the personification of the disappointment and frustration that has been building up inside a disenfranchised generation who came of age under Reagan and have now been left in charge to pick-up the pieces of their parent’s lingering ideals.
Or something like that…
Really, he’s just a comic book nerd with a voice and a point of view, all of which led to him being a writer and correspondent on “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.” His tenure lasted from 2008 through 2012, where he filed satirical black-oriented bits, whether it was covering the Obama campaign, meeting with a white supremacist, or asking the all-important question: “Republican or Rapper?”
He left the critically acclaimed show in 2012, and has been focusing on stand-up and acting ever since. On-stage, the Brooklyn based comedian is exhilarating – a fresh voice that still seems to prefer some level of optimism over any kind of cynicism. And considering he was born in New York, and taken to raise in Texas after his father was murdered when he was four years old, Cenac is one we might generally excuse for adopting a somewhat cynical disposition. He laughs in the face of Washington’s shortcomings, instead of being bogged down in the defeat of a government that has failed us.
Cenac has also written for “King of the Hill” and appeared in the independent films “Sleepwalk With Me” (which is an adaptation of Mike Birbiglia’s stand-up special), “Growing Up (and other lies),” and “Medicine for Melancholy.” He has also appeared on “Fanboy and Chum Chum,” “Bojack Horseman,” and “This American Life.” Last year Netflix released his latest stand-up special, “Wyatt Cenac: Brooklyn.”
Cenac will be performing this Thursday, May 14th at Headliners Music Hall. Tickets are available for $15 and the show begins at 8 PM. Darren Rogers will be opening.
