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Wright/SHECKYmag in the NYT

An appreciation of Steven Wright appears in The Sunday New York Times. Written by FOS Peter Keepnews, the article quotes Mike Birbiglia, Wright himself and The Male Half of the Staff:

Brian McKim, who once opened for Mr. Wright and now offers commentary about the comedy scene on the Web site sheckymagazine.com, praised him for rewriting the rules of the game.

“After him,” Mr. McKim said, “a comic didn’t need transitions, didn’t need to address or even acknowledge the crowd, didn’t necessarily have to appear to be enjoying himself. Wright made it O.K. to have no unifying theme other than the comic’s mind, his thought processes.”

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