"I'm a creative consultant, whatever that means"
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"I'm a creative consultant, whatever that means" lands because it skewers a very modern kind of job-title inflation: the fancy label that’s supposed to signal importance while conveniently dodging any measurable responsibility. Kimmel’s delivery (even on the page you can hear the shrug) turns a potentially self-serious phrase into a punchline, and that’s the point. He’s puncturing the mystique of “creative” work as it gets packaged for corporate settings, where ambiguity can be a feature, not a bug.
The specific intent is comic self-deprecation, but it doubles as a cultural diagnosis. “Consultant” is a word that implies expertise without revealing the actual labor; add “creative” and it becomes even more vaporous, a title you can slide onto everything from branding notes to vibes management. Kimmel’s “whatever that means” refuses to play along with the status game. He’s telling you: if you can’t explain your job in plain language, maybe the job is partly performance.
Context matters because Kimmel exists at the intersection of show business and corporate America: late-night is entertainment, but it’s also an industry of sponsorships, cross-promotions, and “content.” Celebrities get drafted into these quasi-executive roles all the time, hired less for their output than for their aura. The subtext is that everyone knows it; the joke is he’s saying the quiet part out loud, making the euphemism collapse under the weight of its own emptiness.
The specific intent is comic self-deprecation, but it doubles as a cultural diagnosis. “Consultant” is a word that implies expertise without revealing the actual labor; add “creative” and it becomes even more vaporous, a title you can slide onto everything from branding notes to vibes management. Kimmel’s “whatever that means” refuses to play along with the status game. He’s telling you: if you can’t explain your job in plain language, maybe the job is partly performance.
Context matters because Kimmel exists at the intersection of show business and corporate America: late-night is entertainment, but it’s also an industry of sponsorships, cross-promotions, and “content.” Celebrities get drafted into these quasi-executive roles all the time, hired less for their output than for their aura. The subtext is that everyone knows it; the joke is he’s saying the quiet part out loud, making the euphemism collapse under the weight of its own emptiness.
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