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Chris Fleming Is Underground Comedy’s Favorite Worst

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By CT Jones Chris Fleming would like to make one thing abundantly clear — he is not weird. “I’m very normal,” the comedian says, laughing over Zoom, in between large sips of a passionfruit green tea boba. “Maybe I am insane, because I don’t think I’m insane. But I do not see my work as weird. I like to keep things surprising and I like to surprise myself in my writing. That’s how I would view it: as a surprise party.” Surprise isn’t just a driving concept for Fleming. It imbues every aspect of his comedy, from the sharp three-point-turn style of his jokes to his frenetic presence onstage. At 39, Fleming has spent the better part of a decade slowly building a reputation in comedy circles for his absurdist takes on modern life and whip-smart observations about generational divides in the digital age.…

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