You’d think a show like Lane Moore’s Tinder Live, in which the comic scrolls and comments on guys’ dating profiles, would be a roast feast.
Moore says her show’s goal isn’t to knock people down, even when there is always “a white guy with cornrows named Amen” around.
“I’m not really a cynical person,” says Moore. “I know so many friends who have had so many great relationships from dating apps, and I’ve made friends with so many people I met on Tinder Live.”
Tinder Live is about celebrating the wonderful and the weird on one level. New York-based Moore brings her show to Three Links on Wednesday, September 15.
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“I had people in the audience who said, ‘Can you pair me up with them?'” Says Moore. “The show brings a really surprising amount of friendliness and connectedness that is really great.”
Moore’s chic is to sit on stage, plug her phone into a projector and swipe through the local profiles to comment on what she finds, then let the audience choose whether to swipe left or right. Sometimes she even turns to the owners of the dating profiles and speaks to them live in front of an audience.
“Sometimes someone’s profile is really funny and really goofy and I want to play with them,” says Moore. “There is a guy on the show who said he has a penis tattoo and I think I need to talk to this person. He has reached my insane level. I’m over the top, but he turns around with it weird.” Wise and the audience will get excited about them and say, ‘You should go out with them.’ ”
The idea for the show came about seven years ago when Moore first logged into the app and started “basically swiping right on any profiles that are super weird and bizarre”.
Moore’s routine is more than just jokes. They and their audience actually offer useful advice on online dating.
“One of the things I noticed about the show is really great people with terrible profiles,” says Moore. “I really love doing it because it can be so hard to see yourself objectively and it’s hard to say, ‘Oh, putting that on my profile can make me look meaner or colder.'”
Moore has spent so much time with Tinder that she has plenty of practical advice for both men and women when it comes to making a first impression.
“For some reason, I see men all over the country holding fish,” says Moore. “I can tell you down the line, women don’t love it. You’re trying to tell me you think you can take care of me, but I can pick up fish at the store.”
Another thing she will notice is the number of group photos on profiles as her main photo.
“I have a segment called ‘Which is it?'” Says Moore. “There are 10 people in the profile photo and I don’t know which it is. I don’t know why people do this because it’s so confusing.”
Of course, Tinder has a much darker side, and it’s impossible to avoid its negative influences while checking the profiles of real people on stage in real time.
“There was a guy on the show the other night who made a joke about being violent with a woman, and like we’re fine, let’s cut that down,” says Moore. “I know from my own experience, and so many women know, that there is a dark side to these apps. Really scary things happen to people because of these apps. My goal is to find some lightness and humor and make something powerful out of it.”
Photos from the Tinder profile of writer Danny Gallagher.
Artwork by Danny Gallagher
Of course, we couldn’t resist and had to ask Moore to look at our author’s Tinder profile. Like most freelance writers, Dallas Observer writer Danny Gallagher is still single. So he bit his lower lip, launched his Tinder app, and shared his dating profile with Moore for a thorough review.
Danny’s profile included his headshot, four selfies – when he met famous comedians like Keegan Michael-Key and “Weird Al” Yankovic – a backstage photo at an Austin City Limits festival, and a cartoon he did for his webcomic This is Not Normal drew.
The results surprised him. You were positive.
“Honestly, I love your profile,” Lane wrote in an email. “You seem nerdy and sweet and generous. The only note I would make is that there is a photo where you can’t see your face at all and it’s just a black void, but maybe that represents your soul. So who should I say! ”
Moore wrote that it is important that people show who they are through their photos and shouldn’t worry about looking so boastful, as long as they are honest. Unless that photo involves holding a large fish.
“I would say you got it right about celebrities,” she wrote. “They weren’t just random celebrities, which is what people often do. You have clearly chosen celebrities who say something about your personality. ”
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