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Can Dane Cook at the Palace of Auburn Hills this Friday?
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Dane Cook, the comedian who first, or at least most successfully, used the internet to create an enormous fan base, has sold out the Palace of Auburn Hills (Friday, June 12, 2009 at 8 p.m.). He's the first stand-up comic to achieve this feat since Bill Cosby did it in the 80s. Wow! That's over 20,000 tickets priced as high as $155.00 per seat. My calculator doesn't even go that high.
So, the question is: Is he really THAT funny?
It doesn't matter.
You can find as many Dane Cook haters as fans, but both numbers are so large that it really doesn't matter that many (comedians, critics and young men who resent their girlfriends idolization of Cook) hate his comedy and find it trite and without substance. So what? Millions of others don't.
However, some of the haters are pretty funny themselves and have dedicated web pages sharing their hatred with such gems as: "There are only two things I can’t stand in this world: People who are intolerant of other people’s comedy…and Dane Cook" and "Dane Cook stole that [insert comedic content in question] from [insert legit comic]."
Dane Cook's audience, which is said to be primarily young college aged women, adores him. And apparently they (or their parents) have money to burn. If you simply must go, tickets are still available through the dozens of ticket scalpers...i mean, legal ticket brokers online.
Cook's act sometimes examines topics in a no-holds-barred, down and dirty manner that some find offensive. Then his next bit is squeaky clean and suitable for everyone. Not a bad plan when all he needs to do is please a small percentage of everybody.
He has yet to have a hit, or even well-received movie; he's been accused of plagiarism; he's considered arrogant; critics have panned his acting and comedic abilities. But his legions of fans swarm to his live shows in astonishing numbers and he sold out the Palace. If I could make that kind of scratch, bring on the haters.
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