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Tracy Morgan

[COMEDY] Tracy Morgan may be one of the most natural, yet misunderstood entertainers in the history of pop culture. The foul-mouthed teddy bear of a man who introduced such phrases as “someone’s gonna’ get pregnant” and pioneered the role of the entertaining interviewee, has been slowly making his return to comedy after his near-fatal accident in June 2014. Morgan’s no-holds-barred, occasionally unhinged stand-up and interview style featured outrageous, raunchy language and made him an icon back in the 1990s and early 2000s. This—Morgan’s effortless embrace of the nonsensical—is his comedic gift. Refined on Saturday Night Live, skits like “Brian Fellow” (in which he played a flamboyant, animal-loving half-wit), this strength came in handy on Tina Fey’s 30 Rock, in which his character, Tracy Jordan, would rattle off lines like, “Can I borrow a cup of sugar? I’m trying to get a hummingbird to drink out of my penis,” with a deadpan expression. Though Fey wrote the aforementioned role with Morgan in mind, one would be foolish to assume that it’s an adequate representation of the Emmy-nominated actor’s self-aware and strong-minded nature. In actuality, Jordan is essentially a parody of Tracy Morgan who is naturally funny, but far more down to earth than many give him credit for. Catch Tracy Morgan at Seneca Niagara Casino on Friday, February 26.

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310 4th St.
Niagara Falls, NY

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