An Aspect Bright And Fair

There is joylessness masquerading as wisdom in Chris Rock’s new stand-up special Tambourine (actual wisdom, too, but it’s hard-earned, and seems to adhere more closely to the idea of this world being a world of limitation, which isn’t something I always associate with wisdom), which — if our gentle Adorno-like read of the culture still holds — goes some way towards explaining why it was and has been so well-received in the culture at large…