Anthony Jeselnik: Thoughts and Prayers
Anthony Jeselnik: Thoughts and Prayers
| 16 October 2015 (USA)
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There's no subject too dark as the comedian skewers taboos and riffs on national tragedies before pulling back the curtain on his provocative style.

Reviews
SmugKitZine Tied for the best movie I have ever seen
Spidersecu Don't Believe the Hype
Hulkeasexo it is the rare 'crazy' movie that actually has something to say.
Catherina If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.
ebonybrooks I did not like this stand up comedy. I had to cut it off after the child molestation and child harming jokes. I mustered up the nerve to continue watching after he joked about the baby in the hot car in Cali. Then there was the child molestation/child sex offender jokes I disagreed with. I am sure he is not a terrible guy and may have looked at his jokes from a different point of view but from my point of view, and being a Victim's Advocate for Sexual Assaults, I find this very inappropriate even for adults. I would edit this stand up comedy, as I find it offensive and harmful in nature. With all the sexual assault cases being Brought up in Hollywood (and they are just as important now than ever) this is not the show that should be representing anyone right now. This is the type of things that are allowed because it comes from a man, yet had this been a female comedian with these same jokes, this show would have not even made it to the TV or any major network, but because he is a male, he can get. pass. This is unacceptable and VERY disgraceful comedy. There is a difference between dark comedy and just plain ol ignorant.
nulkparveen I am a huge fan of standup, it is my favourite genre, but this entire set was not in the least bit funny. I understand black comedy and it's certainly fun, when done properly. Seems this guy was just "hmm, what are tragedies that I can reference for shock value comedy?" Everyone likes puppies, right? Here's some jokes about neglected puppies dying. Babies... yeah, babies... here's something about a baby's violent death." Nothing even remotely sophisticated about this. Just, obvious, Dane Cook type comedy. To make matters worse some hyena managed to find her way into the audience, so the entire thing all you can hear is her shrieking laughter, over literally anything. Now I get she bought a ticket but seriously, by minute 3 someone should have ejected her from the theatre and offered her a mandatory refund. You can't have that during a live taping. Couldn't even finish it was so bad.
poyuma This was one of the funniest yet crudest comedy shows I have ever seen. Anthony Jeselnik even warns you about how vulgar he is so don't you complain about all the dead baby jokes and mocking tragedies such as the Boston Bombing, the 911 terrorist attacks and Eric Clapton's son. You will cringe, awkward laugh and be angry all at the same time. I think the best part of the show was seeing the audience reactions which is why they show the audience so much. Watching the men laugh at a sexist joke and the women just sit there with annoyed looks on their faces is one of the most hilarious things ever. The one thing I love a lot in the show other than the audience reactions is Anthony's plot twist humor. He always starts telling a joke, then you THINK you know what he is going to say next but then he switches the form on you which completely get you off guard which makes me laugh a ton.All in all, great performance by Anthony. Look forward to his future endeavors, hopefully he will do more stand-up one day...
b4blue I didn't know that cringe humor can have too much cringe, but Anthony made me realize this. I really love humor without limitations, well I though I could handle everything until this one. That was just cringe and cringe and cringe. He is the master of cringe that wanted to always be at the top. So much that he lost the humor part. I really liked his comedy series, from last year or the year before that, but this is just too much. Can he even go back now? I doubt that he can. When you go to 11 its very hard to go back to elegant 8. He still is one of people that I follow through career, so I sincerely hope he will find his way through this.