First, that's a tough venue to play, small and intimate and stacked with friends/celebrities. Secondly, dude's third eye is wide open. The way he switches gears between punchlines and serious material is what makes standup such a high art form. Sure, some jokes didn't land as well as they could have, but the incisive insight more than made up for it. He didn't pull any punches, humbling himself by baring his soul and in the process he reached deep into ours. Quite the testimonial for mushrooms as medicine. This set was inspired, if only the rest of us could muster that level of intestinal fortitude.
Plot summary
Follows Bowers as he talks about his long journey to his first comedy special, the stigma of mental health, his schizophrenic father and his feelings regarding his Blackness.
September 20, 2022 at 02:05 PM
Director
Alma Har'el
Top cast
Alia Shawkat as Self
Byron Bowers as Self
Tech specs
720p.WEB 1080p.WEB 536.4 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
12 hr 58 min
P/S 3 / 17
@thejism OR beaten up badly
Such a virtuous thing to have in 2022. Just say you have a mental illness and you will be treated like a rock star. Pathetic timeline. where self-dignity has been replaced by shameless narcissistic individualism in the pursuit of internet clout...anything goes...except being funny, confident and happy with your lot in life.
How would it have been possible to even have asked for tickets to see this movie without getting arrested?
mental heath and a schizophrenic father? that's funnier than his stand up "comedy"