The last time comedian Paul F. Tompkins filmed an hourlong special for Comedy Central—2010’s You Should Have Told Me—he was so concerned about filling 300 seats for the recording that he took to Twitter using the hashtag #tompkins300 to solicit pledges from his followers to attend. For his new special, Laboring Under Delusions, Tompkins recorded in a 1,400-seat theater, and he didn’t need a hashtag to fill the place. Granted, he had the network’s full firepower behind him, but the difference makes for an easy visual representation of Tompkins’ rising fortunes. Delusions just looks significant, and the special is also the full realization of a drastic stylistic change. Where his 2007 debut album, Impersonal, was more rapid and conceptual, Tompkins has turned inward in the years since. The change became more apparent on his excellent 2009 album Freak Wharf, but really picked up speed ...
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