Barry Crimmins

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Barry Crimmins (2017)

Barry Crimmins (born July 3, 1953 in Kingston , New York ; † February 28, 2018 in Syracuse , New York) was an American stand-up comedian, political satirist and author of, among others, Never shake hands with a war criminal .

Life

Crimmins founded two comedy clubs in Boston in the 1980s . Comedians like Steven Wright , Paula Poundstone, Bobcat Goldthwait , Kevin Meaney, Jimmy Tingle and others appeared there. His satirical writings and appearances placed the main focus on the need for political and social change.

In the 1990s, he exposed child pornography on the Internet.

Crimmins was a guest on the WTF with Marc Maron podcast in 2013 and on Stuart Goldsmith's podcast The Comedian's Comedian in 2016 .

He was also seen in a number of films and features, including Netflix produced the documentary Call me Lucky in 2015 , which is dedicated to his activism and has also appeared on Netflix in Germany. In 2016, Crimmins shot a special called Whatever threatens you for Pig Newton production company, which Louis CK runs.

He regularly wrote articles for magazines such as the Boston Phoenix .

End of January 2018 was at Crimmins cancer diagnosed, the consequences of which he died a month later at the age of 64 years.

Prices

  • Peace Leadership Award for his work "Survival"
  • Artist for Social Change Award for his activism
  • The Courage of Conscience Award

Web links

Commons : Barry Crimmins  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

proof

  1. ↑ Barry Crimmins dies at 64 . Chortle, March 1, 2008, accessed March 1, 2008.
  2. ↑ Barry Crimmins: Never Shake Hands with a War Criminal . A Seven Stories Press 1st Ed ed. Seven Stories Press, New York 2004, ISBN 978-1-58322-660-5 ( amazon.com [accessed February 27, 2018]).
  3. ↑ Nick A. Zaino III: For thesis two 'Un-Conventional' acts, politics is vocal . In: Boston.com . July 11, 2004 ( boston.com [accessed February 27, 2018]).
  4. ↑ MetroActive CyberScape | AOL monitor. Retrieved February 27, 2018 .
  5. ↑ WTF Podcast Marc Maron: WTF Podcast - BARRY CRIMMINS. November 15, 2016, accessed February 27, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Dave Itzkoff: Bobcat Goldthwait and Barry Crimmins Explore the Past, Darkly, in a New Film . In: The New York Times . July 31, 2015, ISSN  0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed February 27, 2018]).
  7. ↑ LouisCK.net | Barry Crimmins: Whatever Threatens You. Retrieved February 27, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Barry Crimmins RIP: A founding father of Boston comedy dies at 64 , vanyaland.com, accessed March 1, 2018
personal data
SURNAME Crimmins, Barry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American stand-up comedian, satirist, and author
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd July 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Kingston , New York
DATE OF DEATH February 28, 2018
Place of death Syracuse , New York