'The Chair Company' Cast Interview: Lake Bell, Lou Diamond Phillips, and Joseph Tudisco on Tim Robinson's Comedy World
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Christian Zilko
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Summary
An interview with the supporting cast of Tim Robinson and Zach Kanin's HBO comedy 'The Chair Company' — Lake Bell, Lou Diamond Phillips, and Joseph Tudisco — discussing their experience working in Tim Robinson's unique comedic world. The article explores how the show builds on the absurdist tropes from 'I Think You Should Leave' — bizarre fake companies, unspoken social rules, and the obsessions of middle-aged men — into something more complex. The cast members share behind-the-scenes insights about the improvisational style, the distinctive tone of Robinson's humor, and what it's like to perform in his unconventional comedy universe.
Key quotes
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Tim Robinson and Zach Kanin's mind-bending HBO comedy builds off the comedic tropes they established in 'I Think You Should Leave' — bizarre fake companies and the loyalty and ire they inspire, the ways that unspoken social rules and norms sometimes present as indecipherable codes, and the obsessions and outbursts of middle-aged men who would otherwise be invisible — and expand them into something infinitely more complex.
'The Chair Company' manages to be
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