I would like to start this off by saying that I am indeed a gay man. With that knowledge, I have a fondness for Nick's work, but I was slightly worried because in the past on the show, he was more of a brooding malevolent force that didn't really force out laughter, but made you think and then other members pulled the laughter out of the ridiculous situation Nick has created. This made me slightly worried going in because he had nobody to bounce off of.
Let me tell you just how pleasantly I was impressed. I didn't burst out laughing once, but I was 1000% entertained, locked in and was giggling the whole time and I think this is the quickest I felt a stand up special go by. Just spectacular and I want more, because this is a very special brand of comedy, just a relentless flow of thoughts that are so entertaining and fun to follow.
Risking sounding like a giant slobbering f word, I would really like to liken this to a absurdist philosophical TED talk mixed with stand up comedy, something that I feel that a lot of comedians try to do and fail at. And regardless if it was Nick's intent here or not, he managed it very well, perfectly might I say so.
I wouldn't recommend watching this with someone who just wants to switch off and have a laugh without having a chat about the topics brought up later- this is definitely something that makes you want to talk about it hours after the material has ended.
I don't think I want to say that this is the only type of stand up comedy I'd like to watch for the rest of my life, I'm definitely saying that this is the type of stand up comedy I'd like to watch regardless of me being high, sober, stoned, sad or happy and that is something I can't say about a lot of other stand up acts. Really happy this came out and I hope the author is happy with it himself, he should be.
Let me tell you just how pleasantly I was impressed. I didn't burst out laughing once, but I was 1000% entertained, locked in and was giggling the whole time and I think this is the quickest I felt a stand up special go by. Just spectacular and I want more, because this is a very special brand of comedy, just a relentless flow of thoughts that are so entertaining and fun to follow.
Risking sounding like a giant slobbering f word, I would really like to liken this to a absurdist philosophical TED talk mixed with stand up comedy, something that I feel that a lot of comedians try to do and fail at. And regardless if it was Nick's intent here or not, he managed it very well, perfectly might I say so.
I wouldn't recommend watching this with someone who just wants to switch off and have a laugh without having a chat about the topics brought up later- this is definitely something that makes you want to talk about it hours after the material has ended.
I don't think I want to say that this is the only type of stand up comedy I'd like to watch for the rest of my life, I'm definitely saying that this is the type of stand up comedy I'd like to watch regardless of me being high, sober, stoned, sad or happy and that is something I can't say about a lot of other stand up acts. Really happy this came out and I hope the author is happy with it himself, he should be.