"We have to acknowledge some of the chaos that exists and the fear that exists," says Jim Gaffigan. "If we're not a little bit cynical, we're living in a little bit of denial." Wait, the Hot Pockets guy says what?
Over his over two-decade-long career and 10 stand-up specials, Gaffigan has gained a reputation as a "clean" comic, the guy who ruminates about bacon and the challenges of raising his brood of five kids. And it's accurate to say that those aspects of his sensibility are as true as they ever have been. But the comic, actor and author is also, like all of us, a person who's lived through some rough times, and wants to talk about it.
