![]() I’ve heard from some of her friends, but I haven’t heard from her family. But any apprehensions in light of the special is I don’t know how it was received by her people. “I tried to be respectful of her family in a way, but it was my experience. “It took a long time to work that stuff, to a place where I want to be respectful of her,” he says. Maron said he worked hard to be as respectful as possible to Shelton in his monologue, and especially to her family (whom he hasn’t heard from). I think there was two things going on, I thought, I have to share this emotional state, but also I don’t want to be looked at as a sympathetic character. And I certainly did not want to be seen as the victim in the situation. And I’ll put myself out there.’ I don’t feel like it was self-serving to put myself out there in that vulnerable place. So I thought to go public, in that state, certainly that quickly… I didn’t have to, my producer was like, ‘We don’t have to ever do the podcast again, if you don’t want to.’ And I’m like, ‘Well, I think we should honor what we do. One of the worst ones, but no one gets out of life not experiencing loss. I also believed that whatever I was going through was a common human experience. Not unlike when I did the podcast following her death. “It was not funny at first, and sometimes I would cry, and I would sometimes not figure out where to go with the feelings. Maron said that early workshopping, at places like Dynasty Typewriter, were not easy. I don’t know if that’s a great decision, but the comics that I respect and admire have done that. And I think I have always processed things on stage. “I didn’t know what else to do with it,” he says. Maron says he felt the need to work through some of the depth of shock and sadness on stage. And there was really nowhere to go with it.” ![]() ![]() Having to deal with it, the practicalities of all of it, given that no one was mobile (because of COVID), and I didn’t really know her family, it was traumatic and leveling on many levels. “You never expect anything, it was just terrible. “It was a whole new chapter beginning for her and for us,” he says. Maron calls it some of “the best stuff I’ve ever done in terms of addressing culture, politics, personal things, you know, the things that are foreboding,” along with his previous special, 2020’s “End Times Fun” (for Netflix).īut “From Bleak to Dark” takes an even more personal turn as the comedian addresses the death of Shelton. “ Marc Maron: From Bleak to Dark,” discusses everything from grief to fascism. He also takes on comedians who hide behind being “anti-woke,” shares his concerns over how Netflix has impacted comedy, gives his take on Record Store Day, talks about his guest role on Season 2 of “Reservation Dogs,” as well as some of his upcoming projects. Maron visited Variety in April to talk about a wide range of issues, including his special - and how he addressed the loss of his partner, filmmaker Lynn Shelton, during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. ![]()
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