Review: Vir Das, “Losing It” on Netflix
by Vir Das got America’s attention with his first Netflix special, last year’s Abroad Understanding. Filming it in a small theater in New York City, then …
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Review: Russell Brand, “Re:Birth” on Netflix
I’ve long held a love/ambivalence about the comedian and actor Russell Brand. On the one hand, Brand holds a world of ideas within his head …
Review: “Bumping Mics with Jeff Ross and Dave Attell,” on Netflix
Dave Attell has long been one of the top joke-writers and joke-tellers in the comedy game. Turns out he’s even funnier when he has someone …
Review: Mike Birbiglia, “The New One” on Broadway
Timing may remain the key to comedy, but knowing your audience and connecting with it continues to rank right up there with it. To see …
Review: Jim Gaffigan, “Noble Ape”
“What a beard!” “He looks like an out-of-shape Civil War general.” Those comments about Jim Gaffigan come, of course, from the comedian himself, in his …
Review: Trevor Noah, “Son of Patricia” on Netflix
I’ve been a fan of Trevor Noah since I first saw him Off-Broadway performing his first one-man show, Born a Crime, in the States. That …
Review: “A Futile and Stupid Gesture” on Netflix
All biopics start from a grain of truth, the essential building blocks of the subject, and then weave an imaginative backstory complete with a heartwarming …
Review: Erik Griffin, “AmERIKan Warrior” on Showtime
Erik Griffin played a Vietnam vet in Showtime’s I’m Dying Up Here, but his 2018 stand-up comedy special portrays him as a different kind of …
Review: Cameron Esposito, “Rape Jokes”
Cameron Esposito’s 2018 stand-up special, Rape Jokes, raised $20,000 in donations for RAINN in the first two days she featured it on her website this …
Review: Comedy Dynamics “The Legends of Comedy” specials
A year ago this week, Comedy Dynamics filmed six stand-up comedy specials back-to-back over consecutive nights at The Palace Theater in Los Angeles, all of …