CLOWN TOWN

摘要

The five leading men of HBO's tech-parody masterpiece, Silicon Valley, are legitimately hilarious. But as senior writer Brian Raf-tery pointed out in our April cover story ("Get Busy, Stay Busy"), Thomas Middleditch, Kumail Nanjiani, T. J. Miller, Martin Starr, and Zach Woods are not exactly megacelebrities. Instead they represent an all-new kind of comedy star, one who shines in a wide variety of less-visible places, from ensemble TV shows and web series to podcasts and indie films. Think of it, in other words, as the new comedy gig economy. Or should that be the... gag economy? Sorry-we'll leave the jokes to the professionals.