Iliza Shlesinger: War Paint
Iliza Shlesinger: War Paint
| 01 September 2013 (USA)
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Her innocent appearance is just a cover for Last Comic Standing winner Iliza Shlesinger's acerbic, stream-of-conscious comedy that she unleashes on an unsuspecting audience in her hometown of Dallas in "War Paint," her first stand-up special.

Reviews
Matrixston Wow! Such a good movie.
Beanbioca As Good As It Gets
Mehdi Hoffman There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.
Marva-nova Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.
AngelLysh Possible spoilers:"War paint" is the make-up women wear when they go out into the battlefield (the club or bar) to pick up men. If a man said this, it would be misogynist, but with a woman comedian it's okay? What about just plain wearing make-up because it makes you feel good about yourself? I know, we should leave our inner social justice warrior at the door when entering the comedy arena. Maybe I was just not into that type of stuff that day. But I could tell five minutes in that I wasn't going to be a fan. She's good on timing and telling a story. And the animal sounds were funny for a little while (until they weren't). I actually really dug the pharmacist story. The delivery was spot on. But I just couldn't go with her ideals on women dating. Or something about being a loser in the dating world if you have a stump arm. I don't know, I turned it off at a while. She has potential, she looks good and has good timing, and some people can pull off being offensive and still be funny, but she couldn't win me over to watch the entire set.
PepperCat Possible spoiler alert:Some funny stuff but please, for the love of God, stop that goat noise. I love standup and have seen many of the greats and she could be very good...but the noises are both annoying and unfunny. Plus some of the routines go on a little too long. The pharmacist one...not funny.She has, otherwise, good timing and delivery. Her stuff about girls going out on the town is pretty funny. Her dog is very adorable. So in summary: pretty good. But...goat=bad! dog=good!
JayDee420 Iliza had some good jokes but she ruined them with that super annoying horrible dolphin/goat sound she made constantly. It might have been kinda sorta funny once or twice, but it was done TO. DEATH...and then some. I tried really hard to put up with it to hear the material that I actually liked, hoping that for the love of god she would please stop making that terrible terrible sound soon, but it increased in both frequency and irritation. It made me cringe every time I heard it, so I gave up with about 15 minutes left. I couldn't handle anymore. It was just the worst sound I have ever heard. I couldn't take anymore. At a certain point the awfulness of the sound outweighed whatever humour the material had.
MassDistraction Last Comic Standing season 6 winner Iliza Shlesinger makes her major league debut with War Paint and she brings the energy in spades. Looking like Stephanie from Full House who never grew out of a college punk rock phase, she seems in her element here. I remember when she appeared as a guest comic on the season finale of LCS's 7th season, which they were treating as a formal event, and, as such, she wore a dress that she looked so uncomfortable in that it distracted from her set. It was partially because Iliza's a bit of a tomboy and her comedy could be described the same way. While she's been effective in smaller doses, you find yourself checking the time as the show drags on with her dolphin/sheep vocal effect beginning to grate fairly quickly. She does have some decent material that works well with her persona and her confidence and swagger are engaging, so she has plenty to work with as she develops. One feels she might have a few good sets in her.