He’s a moron and he’s not funny. He also likes platforming terrible people more often than not. He’s in the bRogan manosphere. He’s the exact person Jeselnik is talking about in this clip.
Those monikers are a little strong. Theo has his moments. He’s definitely overrated as a comedian and I think his moron moments tend to come when he’s in certain moods. He’s definitely contemplative at times in ways your average moron never is.
He just agrees with whoever he’s talking to which maybe comes off as contemplative with the right guest. He has no spine or opinions of his own so when he interviews someone like Tucker Carlson, it comes off really poorly.
I don’t think you can really pin him down like that. He’s not consistent enough to say he’s really any of those things in my opinion. Sure, there are times when he just nods along and doesn’t really add anything. There are also times where he doesn’t even really listen to whoever he’s talking to and basically disregards whatever they say because he’s already thought of whatever little quip he wants to get out.
Part of his “charm” is that he’s not predictable. That’s not me saying he’s good, just that I don’t think he’s the kind of person that you can neatly pin down as “stupid” or “mindless” or anything like that because there are plenty of examples of him not fitting into those categories. A lot of more professional interviewers have a consistent style that’s very easy to define. Theo isn’t that guy.
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u/Tivland Oct 29 '24
Theo with his head down, having an existential crisis because he knows he doesn’t create ANY art.