Have you ever done comedy yourself? If you were in a room where everyone had had a common experience… don’t you think you’d reference it? I don’t think you can have done comedy. You complained about the COVID jokes in the Friends who Kill review and you open with the same criticism of this special, so it feels like you watched the beginning of the special, heard the COVID material up top, got your confirmation, threw up your hands and just switched off, not really appreciating any of the rest of the special. It was fine but TBH the whole Netflix is a joke festival seemed to lack atmosphere and all of the stuff from it felt empty and lacklustre but to transfer that review onto this special indicates to me that you just wanted to paint with the same opinionated brush that has worked for you before and didn’t really pay attention to what he actually did. That said, I agree with you in that I didn’t think Friends who kill was great. I’ve just had a quick flick through your other reviews for confirmation and yeah… You don’t know comedy. Which is amusingly exactly what you’re trying to level at Burr as a criticism, and yet, he has produced hours, days, weeks, months, years, probably, if you include all his off the cuff stuff, podcasts, old O&A materials, etc etc I mean, the list goes on – a LOT of brilliant material… and yet you have written 500 odd words that basically say nothing. It also kind of sounds like you wrote a review of Friends who Kill which got a decent response so you’ve tried to recreate your greatest hit in this review. It feels more like you’re a fan of your own opinions and are just trying to shoehorn them into the reviews. Based on this review, I don’t think you are a fan of stand up comedy. The way he uses different devices and methods to change the pace and the mood… It’s really quite brilliant. This man keeps you engaged and is vulnerable and angry and shows growth as a person and comedian. It’s one of the most enjoyable things I’ve watched in ages. Interesting review… ‘as a fan of stand up comedy’…. I hope we get a bounce back in the future. Yes, I love Bill Burr, but playing the same hits gets old, and I want some fresh material. Overall, Bill Burr: Live at Red Rocks is another lackluster stand-up special from one of my favorite comedians. It was a great bit and, for a moment, reminded me of what Burr is capable of doing. It transitioned into talking about his childhood and the difference between parents now and parents then. The special did have a high moment when Burr went into detail about the time he went on mushrooms. Some comedians came out of the pandemic hitting home runs, and others like Burr have struck out. Sure, people will probably eat this special up, but if you are a true fan of stand-up comedy, you would watch this and see a man that has lost a step in this space. Rinse, recycle, repeat, and it’s stale, redundant, and boring. He goes after COVID, “woke” people and cancel culture. But coming out with special after special, and they both are bad? So maybe, just maybe, you should go back to the drawing board before releasing another one?īurr played the exact hits as he did in Bill Burr: Friends Who Kill but for an hour instead of ten minutes. You could look at maybe he wasn’t able to work the circuit like they usually do. You could chalk it up to rust, maybe they didn’t have it in them to write new material. Speaking of being locked up, some of these comedians, like Burr, have come out rather stale with their stand-ups post-pandemic. I understand “you were locked up” like the rest of us, but maybe you should’ve come out with some better material? ![]() It’s exhausting to see comedians beat us over the head with these jokes and not even attempt to make them different. I am so OVER these jokes and the poor attempt at humor from these last two years. Surprise, surprise, Burr starts off with some COVID/pandemic jokes. ![]() I would love to see a concert or stand-up special at the venue. Let me start by saying I have been to Red Rock Amphitheater, which is GORGEOUS. However, regardless of how bad that special was, Burr has a chance to get back on the right track with his newest stand-up. I know each of you LOVED my review of that special. I am holding out hope that what we get to witness today from Burr is a lot better than what we got out of the Bill Burr: Friends Who Kill special at the Netflix is A Joke Festival. So today, I will review Bill Burr: Live at Red Rocks. By reading my work, you all know that if there is a stand-up comedy special dropping, I want to jump all over it.
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