Nikki Glaser at the Top of Her Game
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This is the New Yorker Radio Hour, a co-production of WNYC Studios and The New Yorker. This is the New Yorker Radio Hour. I'm David Remnick. Now a comedy roast is a pretty strange ritual. A celebrated person submits to
Public humiliation voluntarily. Old wounds are poked at, foibles are mocked, scandals re-aired, usually with great obscenity. The celebrity just sits there showing what a fantastic sport they are, but the discomfort is obvious. The roaster can't pull a punch if the thing is going to work. Over the past few years, Nikki Glazer has breathed some new life into this old ritual.
In fact, she really owns the roast form these days. I probably needn't tell you about Glazer's roast of the quarterback Tom Brady. It's a phenomenon, and if you haven't seen it, it awaits you happily on Netflix. Nikki Glazer has been on a hot streak ever since, hosting the Golden Globes earlier this year and touring the country with a new show. So I I knew your work just a little bit.
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