Michael Ian Black has made a career out of sarcasm, and so it makes sense that an interview with him would be sarcastic. So there’s that to look forward to. For those of you unfamiliar with Mr. Black, his face may be familiar from any number of things, including VH1’s I Love the… series and the film Wet Hot American Summer, or television shows like The State, Stella, or Michael and Michael Have Issues. Those last three shows, in which Black was a pivotal character, have the following in common: they were funny; they were ridiculous; they didn’t last long. Michael Ian Black is well aware of that fact, and capitalizes on it—as well as his unquestioned ability to make smugness laugh-worthy—in his Comedy Central special and accompanying album, Very Famous. He’ll surely be putting it all on display this Friday night at Mohawk, so in preparation for that we chatted with Michael about his twitter war with LeVar Burton, his upcoming book with Meghan McCain, and his eventual winning of the Pritzker Prize for Architecture, among other major prizes. more ›

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