Jim Gaffigan: Beyond the Pale

Comedy · TV Movie · 2006

The affable, towheaded comic demonstrates his hysterical brand of self-effacing comedy and deadpan delivery at two sold-out shows at Chicago's Vic Theater. It's OK to laugh at this pale white guy...'cause nobody's laughing at Jim Gaffigan harder than Jim Gaffigan!

Movie details

Jim Gaffigan: Beyond the Pale

Name: Jim Gaffigan: Beyond the Pale
Genre: Comedy, TV Movie
Released: 2006

2006 Comedy · TV Movie 1h 12m

Critical arithmetic

One number, for now.

Scores change. Arguments endure.

TMDB

7.0 / 10

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What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

Who fights over Jim Gaffigan: Beyond the Pale?

For the defence

The Sentimental Softie

“You came to feel something, and you will.”

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For the prosecution

The Cool Ironist

“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”

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Directed by

Michael Drumm

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Jim Gaffigan

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Court is in session

Put Jim Gaffigan: Beyond the Pale on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.