Dave Chappelle: The Closer review – aggressive gags and feeble protests

NetflixRather than explore the blind spots within modern gender and racial thinking, the comedian’s latest special triples down on the phobia‘I’m going all the way,” is Dave Chappelle’s refrain through this last in his run of Netflix specials. It’s a b…

Continue Reading

Phil Wang review – standup’s Netflix special skewers PC panic, Covid racism and himself

NetflixWang studs his special with memorable one-liners that dissect his feminist pretensions, the fear of ageing and UK perceptions of east AsiaFrom the other side of a global pandemic, here comes Phil Wang’s maiden Netflix special. Due for a spring 2…

Continue Reading

Phil Wang review – standup’s Netflix special skewers PC panic, Covid racism and himself

NetflixWang studs his special with memorable one-liners that dissect his feminist pretensions, the fear of ageing and UK perceptions of east AsiaFrom the other side of a global pandemic, here comes Phil Wang’s maiden Netflix special. Due for a spring 2…

Continue Reading

Will Smith to host comedy variety special for Netflix

Will Smith is heading over to Netflix. It’s been announced that the actor has been tapped to host an untitled… MORE
Will Smith to host comedy variety special for Netflix appeared first on The Laugh Button.

Continue Reading

Bo Burnham: Inside review – this is a claustrophobic masterpiece

Netflix With electro-pop social commentary, bleak humour and sock-puppet debates, the comic’s lockdown creation is astonishingWell, now we know what Bo Burnham did with his lockdown. Inside is his new Netflix special, created alone in his LA home throu…

Continue Reading

‘You’ll be whooping from your sofa!’ 25 hilarious standup sets to make everything better

From classic Chris Rock to Sarah Millican at her bluntest, these are the routines that have got comedians, readers and Guardian writers through a difficult yearFrench comic Fary Lopes caused a stir at the Molière theatre awards in 2019 by addressing th…

Continue Reading

Watch this behind the scenes video from Nate Bargatze’s Netflix special taping

Anyone who follows comedy closely knows how much work goes into making a special under normal circumstances. But making one… MORE
Watch this behind the scenes video from Nate Bargatze’s Netflix special taping appeared first on The Laugh Butt…

Continue Reading

‘This feels like a breakthrough’: comedian Loyiso Gola on his new Netflix show

He started out learning his craft on a school work experience programme. Now the comic is about to make history with the first standup special from Africa.It’s not every day a comedian can claim to have made history. Step forward Loyiso Gola, whose new…

Continue Reading

Watch the trailer for Brian Regan’s new Netflix special, “On The Rocks”

Brian Regan is back with a new Netflix special! One of the most popular comedians out there on the road… MORE
Watch the trailer for Brian Regan’s new Netflix special, “On The Rocks” appeared first on The Laugh Button.

Continue Reading

Chris Rock: Total Blackout review – confessional comic cuts loose

Netflix The standup is back with an extended version of his 2018 special Tamborine that better captures the spirit of a live gigWhat persistent itch, I wonder, persuaded Chris Rock to revisit his 2018 special Tamborine, re-edit it, and release an exten…

Continue Reading