That kind of hyperbole doesn't do her or the Hollywood Reporter any good. And speaking of hype and the dangers of hype, Orny Adams won the award for Most-Hyped of the Fest. The Orny hype was ankle deep at the Delta. We never saw Mr. Adams perform, so we can't comment one way or the other on his talent as a standup comic. By midweek his name became a punchline.
Nobody deserves that.
But we're fairly certain that the object of publicity and hype and press is not to invoke pity. And, by the weekend we felt bad for the guy. It's a fun festival. Every comic should experience it at least once. We were walking to our hotel one evening when we passed buy the last knot of revelers evacuating the party zone on Crescent Street.