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@rayjlau This was in prep for the roast on Funny AF ep 5. Almost all of these didn’t make it on air! ON TOUR- Honolulu, Oahu 5/20 San Antonio TX 5/29-30 Boston 6/6-7 Vancouver 6/11-6/13 Austin TX 6/19-6/20 Chandler AZ 7/9-10 Nashville 8/14-8/15 Sacramento, CA 8/27-8/29 Uncasville, CT 9/10-9/12 Dallas 9/18-9/19 San Francisco, CA 10/7-10/10 Philadelphia, PI 10/21 Washington DC 10/22-10/24 Baltimore 10/25 Eugene OR 11/4 Portland OR 11/5-11/7 Atlanta GA 11/20 Raleigh NC 11/19-21 St Louis 12/2 Indianapolis 12/3-12/4 Los Angeles 12/9 Tickets in my bio + join my email/text list to request your city #comedy #standup #crowdwork #kevinhart #roast

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Video #26923 · Split screen

Comedian practices Kevin Hart roastfrom @rayjlau

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Overview

A comedian performs a stand-up set framed as a practice session for a Kevin Hart roast. He reads a series of rapid-fire jokes from his phone that target Hart's height, career choices, family life, and public controversies, while the video uses a split-screen to show both his performance and the audience's reactions, and incorporates visual gags and graphics to illustrate the punchlines.

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Simple outline

  1. 1Establish the target
  2. 2Deliver rapid-fire attacks
  3. 3Escalate attack severity
  4. 4Engage audience for proof
  5. 5End with a callback

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Related videos

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Classification

Concepts
Hot TakeBehind The Scenes
Elements
Split ScreenDigital Composite OverlayText OverlayComedic Prop

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Hook analysis

What stops the scroll in the first 3 seconds

Title hook · 65%

me practicing for Kevin Hart roast (including jokes Netflix cut)

Verbal hook · 15%

And so Kevin's gonna be on stage.

Visual hook · 20%

A split-screen view showing a comedian on a stage in the top frame and a live audience in the bottom frame, immediately establishing a performance context.

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Hook and payoff

The promise the opener makes, and how the video pays it back

Hook

A visual gag that physically demonstrates the target's most obvious and well-known vulnerability, immediately establishing the irreverent tone and premise of the roast.

Payoff

A callback to an earlier, successful joke premise, providing a sense of closure and reinforcing a central theme of the set.

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Narrative framework

The structural pattern this video runs on

Framework

The Escalating Roast

A rapid-fire series of critical jokes or observations about a single, well-known target, with each joke escalating in severity or edginess to build comedic momentum.

  1. 1

    The Opening Salvo

    A series of jokes attacking the target's most superficial and widely-known traits (e.g., physical appearance, recent public projects). This serves as a warm-up for the audience.

  2. 2

    The Audience Gauntlet

    A direct interaction with the audience, framed as an 'experiment,' designed to publicly validate the creator's premise and make the audience complicit in the roast.

  3. 3

    The Integrity Attack

    The jokes shift to more serious accusations, questioning the target's professional or moral integrity by referencing controversial associations or decisions.

  4. 4

    The Historical Transgression

    Resurrecting a well-known past controversy or scandal associated with the target and applying a new, unexpected comedic twist.

  5. 5

    The Personal Life Jab

    The attacks become more personal, targeting the subject's private life, relationships, or family matters, escalating the intimacy of the roast.

  6. 6

    The Taboo Breaker

    The final and most audacious joke, connecting the target to a dark, taboo, or highly controversial current event to generate shock and a powerful comedic release.

Themes

  • Roast Comedy
  • Celebrity Culture
  • Satire
  • Observational Humor

Techniques

  • Split Screen
  • Graphic Overlay
  • Direct-to-camera address
  • Monologue

Post caption

This was in prep for the roast on Funny AF ep 5. Almost all of these didn’t make it on air! ON TOUR- Honolulu, Oahu 5/20 San Antonio TX 5/29-30 Boston 6/6-7 Vancouver 6/11-6/13 Austin TX 6/19-6/20 Chandler AZ 7/9-10 Nashville 8/14-8/15 Sacramento, CA 8/27-8/29 Uncasville, CT 9/10-9/12 Dallas 9/18-9/19 San Francisco, CA 10/7-10/10 Philadelphia, PI 10/21 Washington DC 10/22-10/24 Baltimore 10/25 Eugene OR 11/4 Portland OR 11/5-11/7 Atlanta GA 11/20 Raleigh NC 11/19-21 St Louis 12/2 Indianapolis 12/3-12/4 Los Angeles 12/9 Tickets in my bio + join my email/text list to request your city #comedy #standup #crowdwork #kevinhart #roast

Text overlays

  • title · beginning

    me practicing for Kevin Hart roast (including jokes Netflix cut)

  • contextual · beginning

    KEVIN'S GOING TO BE ON STAGE

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    SO JUST IMAGINE

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    OKAY?

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    MOVE IT DOWN?

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    BEEBEEBBEEBEE

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    LELELELELEE

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    I'VE BEEN WATCHING A LOT OF HIS STUFF

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    KEVIN IN YOUR

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    IN HIS RECENT SPECIAL

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    KEVIN SAID HE'S BEEN TAKING

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    SELF DEFENSE CLASSES

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    BECAUSE IN LA

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    THERE'S A LOT OF HAWKS

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    HE'S VERY PROLIFIC

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    Y'KNOW?

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    RECENTLY DROPPED A SPECIAL ON PEACOCK

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    ANYONE

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    TO SEE IT

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    KEVIN IF YOU DON'T WANT ANYONE TO SEE IT

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    JUST SET THE CAMERAS

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    TO A NORMAL HEIGHT

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    IT'S A WASTE OF TIME

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    LET'S DO A SCIENCE EXPERIMENT

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    MAKE SOME NOISE IF YOU LOVE KEVIN HART

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    WHO LIKES KEVIN HART IN HERE HUH?

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    AND NOW MAKE SOME NOISE

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    IF YOU'VE SEEN HIS PEACOCK SPECIAL

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    I MEAN HONESTLY KEVIN

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    SUCH A

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    KEVIN IS AN ARENA COMEDIAN

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    WHICH FOR HIM IS ANY ROOM

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    I MEAN TONIGHT

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    I THINK ALL OF US ARE A LITTLE ASIAN

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    SEE

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    SEE KEVIN

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    KEVIN IS ONE OF THE

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    HIGHEST PAID COMEDIANS

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    IN THE COUNTRY

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    SO IS EVERYONE

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    WHO PERFORMED FOR SAUDI ARABIA

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    OOOHHH

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    RIHAYD COMEDY POSTER

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    KEVIN'S FACE WAS THE

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    LEAST

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    ON THE ENTIRE POSTER

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    WE ALL SAW THE POSTER WE GO

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    BILL BURR IS DOI-

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    OH THERE'S KEVIN HART

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    BILL BURR IS DOING THE

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    WHAT?

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    A WHILE AGO

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    KEVIN GOT IN TROUBLE FOR TWEETING OUT

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    WHICH IS WEIRD

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    THIS WHOLE TIME I THOUGHT YOU WERE

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    SHAQ'S GAY SON

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    YEAH THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN

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    KIND OF SUCKS

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    BECAUSE I'VE HAD TO WATCH

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    ALL OF KEVIN HART'S MOVIES

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    I HAD TO WATCH THE MINECRAFT MOVIE

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    WITH KEVIN HART

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    AND HE WASN'T EVEN IN THAT

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    THAT YOU ALL BELIEVED THAT

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    WHAT DOES THAT SAY?

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    KEVIN IS 46 YEARS OLD

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    THAT'S IT ROASTED

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    HIS AGE IS THE SAME AS HIS HEIGHT

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    4' 6"

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    KEVIN'S A FAMILY MAN

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    THAT'S WHY HE'S ON HIS SECOND FAMILY

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    HE LOVES THAT FAMILY

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    HE'S GOT ONE FAMILY PER GOOD MOVIE

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    KEVIN WAS IN THE EPSTEIN FILES

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    BUT HE WAS JUST THE REDACTED BAR

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    I MEAN THANK GOD

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    KEVIN WASN'T ON THE EPSTEIN FILES

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    WE'D ALL HAVE TO STOP WATCHING

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    HIS PEACOCK SPECIAL

Transcript

And so Kevin's gonna be on stage. No just imagine that's him. Okay. I'll be down. Okay. Okay. I've been watching a lot of his stuff. Kevin, in tier in his recent special, Kevin said he's been taking self defense classes, which is great because in LA, there's a lot of hawks. He's very prolific, you no. I mean, Kevin recently dropped a special on Peacock because he didn't want anyone to see it rank Kevin, if you don't want anyone to see it, just set the cameras to a normal height. Okay? It's a waste of time. Let's do a science experiment. Make some noise if you love Kevin Hart. Tier likes Kevin Hart in here? Okay. Great. And and then now make some noise if you've seen his peacock special. I mean I mean, honestly, Kevin, you are so such a so successful. Kevin is rank arena comedian, which for him is any room. I mean, tonight, I think all of us are a little Asian when we need to see Kevin. Kevin is one of the highest paid comedians in the country. Well, so is everyone who performed for Saudi Arabia. So No. I mean, we all saw the Riyadh County poster. Kevin's face was the least surprising face on the entire poster. We all saw the better. We go, oh, rank. Bill Burr is doing oh, there's Kevin Hart. Bill Burr is doing it. What? A while ago, Kevin got in trouble for tweeting out, I could never have a gay son, which is weird. This whole time, I thought you were Shaq's gay son. Yes this project's been kinda sucks because I've had to watch all of Kevin Hart's movies. I bad to watch the Minecraft movie with Kevin Hart. And he wasn't even in that, but the fact that you all believed that, What does that say? Kevin is 46 years old. That's it. Roasted. And Okay. His age is the same as his height. Four six. Kevin Kevin's a family rank. That's why he's on his second family. He loves that family. He's got one family per good movie. Kevin was in the Epstein files, but he was just the redacted bar. No, I'm kidding. I mean, thank Good Kevin wasn't on the Epstein Files. If he was, we don't have to stop watching his peacock special.

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