My partner and I first got into the comedian Connor O’Malley through his serialized vertical videos about being a disturbed, chino-wearing superfan of would-be presidential candidate Howard Schultz (“because only the coffee guy can defeat the covfefe man”). He has since then put out dozens of conceptually bizarre YouTube videos (“Smoking 500 Cigarettes for 5G,” “Top 10 Wisconsin Dells Haunted Houses For Free Pulled Pork”) in which he really claims the lane of deranged physical comedy about millennial masculinity. So we were delighted to find that his new video, “Rap World,” might be his best yet. Upsetting, hilarious—and so sharp. Part Safdie brothers, part found footage / mockumentary / haunted fiction, and featuring some of the worst rapping you can imagine. Rating: must-watch.
(More than a few friends we’ve showed his stuff to just find it upsetting and not funny, so if you hate it, you were warned!)
