Brent Weinbach: Appealing to the Mainstream

Brent Weinbach: Appealing to the Mainstream (2017) is an American stand-up special you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Jay Chapman. Weinbach has carved out a reputation as one of the genuinely strange performers in US comedy — abstract, anti-formula, and deeply resistant to anything that might make him widely liked.

This show is his attempt to fix that. Brent works through the question of how someone like him could realistically connect with a broader audience, delivered with the kind of deadpan absurdist logic that will tell you in about ninety seconds whether this is your thing or not. Stream Brent Weinbach: Appealing to the Mainstream (2017) on iFILM.