Denis Leary in NYC
New York is a city of immigrants. More than any other city in the world, it’s apparent here that everybody, or nearly everybody, comes from somewhere else. There is a Native population here who are the only ones who can make any claim to being truly local. There are, of course, plenty of residents who were born here, or could be considered 2nd or 3rd generation New Yorkers, but the vast majority hail from other parts of the world. This is very good news for everyone, because any visitor here can conceivably be as local anyone else. In Manhattan, accommodation is the rule of the day, and it’s one of the most fluid and mutable cities in the world.
Cultures and traditions and even languages are adopted and adapted here. It is also a city that can hold extremely maladjusted people and give them a place to develop their individual talents. This is where Denis Leary comes in. Although he is not from here, and in fact, has roots in Boston, and also holds dual citizenship in Ireland and the U.S., making him extremely suspicious and worth watching. He is enormously volatile, and did not own anything of value until he was 35 years old. He is also one of the most original and funny voices in the entertainment industry in the U.S.
All of his past and present have been fodder for his unusual stand-up, and his fast-talking, hyper-macho persona is always balanced by a terrifically complex self-effacement. His sense of humor took the world by storm, making him an overnight sensation after having worked extremely hard for over 15 years to get any kind of attention. His short spots on MTV, which were really brilliant bursts of intelligent criticism of the culture at large, caused enough people to wonder if he might have something to say. It turns out, of course, that he did. Denis Leary has done a number of films, television shows, and comedy albums. He has also contributed to Firefighter causes for many years, after having lost a cousin and close friend in Massachusetts in 1999. He’s an American Original, with multiple influences, and rock and roll is probably the most apparent.
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