{"id":12602,"date":"2016-08-01T19:13:40","date_gmt":"2016-08-01T23:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multi.nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/dont-think-twice-is-about-living-the-broke-artist-lifestyle-and-why-theres-nothing-wrong-with-that\/"},"modified":"2016-08-01T19:13:40","modified_gmt":"2016-08-01T23:13:40","slug":"dont-think-twice-is-about-living-the-broke-artist-lifestyle-and-why-theres-nothing-wrong-with-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/dont-think-twice-is-about-living-the-broke-artist-lifestyle-and-why-theres-nothing-wrong-with-that\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t Think Twice is about living the broke artist lifestyle\u2013and why there\u2019s nothing wrong with that"},"content":{"rendered":"

The comedic head-cases of Don’t Think Twice put their heads together. Photo via Don’t Think Twice on Facebook. [mild spoilers ahead] There’s a line in\u00a0Don’t Think Twice,\u00a0Mike Birbiglia’s new film about a scrappy improv comedy group from\u00a0Brooklyn, that resonates with anyone who’s pursued a creative career without (yet) reaching the traditional benchmarks of success: “Your 20s\u00a0are all about hope. And your 30s\u00a0are all about how dumb it is to hope.” It’s delivered by Bill, a dead-pan, diffident guy in his early thirties who can kill on the improv stage, but whose day job entails handing out hummus samples at Whole Foods. (Ironically, Bill is played by Chris Gethard, one of the more successful comedians to come out of Brooklyn’s alt-comedy scene.) “Without improv, I’m kind of a loser,” he says in another scene. These sentiments are shared by his fellow improv members, who drink together, complain together, live together (a few of them… Read More<\/p>\n

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