George Lopez is the prominent Latino comedian in today’s stand-up circle. I am sad that this extremely gifted man doesn’t use his talent to cheer and unite audiences, instead of offend and alienate large groups of people. I will never attend another GL stand-up show. I would have walked out if I was by myself and was sorry that the bar closed during his act, because this non drinker really wanted a drink to soften the blows of his jokes. That he turned political and then racist against Asians and had nothing at all good to say about women, even the grandmother that raised him was just too much. Most of his jokes were of a sexual nature, and everyone of them were peppered with raunchy language. GL had only negative things to say about the female sex, casting aspersions on them in almost every joke. The opening stand-up used the F word over 100 times, yet his act was more appealing to me than George’s, because even though he made fun of women and others, he also poked fun at himself and had positive things to say about his targets as well. Last night I was excited to attend his show, but the performance itself was very painful for me. I have always had high regard for GL’s comedy,and admired his achievements. He had put in some work to understand the local Utah culture and had some nice riffs on that. I thought the opening act was much better covered a lot more ground a lot more diversity in his jokes. Name brand recognition is carrying him right now. Crowd was mostly into it but felt more like sympathy and respect for his overall career-not really for the set. I think his delivery is still solid he really can do the faces and physical humor pretty well uses the microphone, sound effects well but again combined with weak material just doesnt get off the ground. Also some stuff on aging and ED which were flat. Also threw in some weird comments about special needs kids as well as an odd riff on female teachers sleeping with students that was just creepy fantasy. I am a white guy middle age so yes some of the material will reverberate more with Mexican heritage folks who have relatives and uncles grandmother’s grandfathers that this would remind them of, but overall just too much of the same thing and bordering on mean. In this set it was a lot of jokes about kids basically being abused (school of hard knocks type stuff) which can be funny at times but get old. His material is one dimensional-kind of a grumpy old man schtick, basically talks about his tough childhood-that’s it. This is the first time I’d ever seen him do stand up, so maybe this is always what he does but it is off-putting. He came out quite drunk appeared to me, and sticks his tongue out in a strange way every few seconds like his mouth is dry. Vote up the best comedy documentary films and series of all time, and be sure to check back for new funny comedy docs as they are added to the list upon release.Salt Lake 2021. Lest we forget, The Comedy Store documentary miniseries which covers the impact of legendary comedy venues through the lens of the world's best comics in five episodes. A lot of these comedy documentaries cover the lives of comedians off the stage, such as Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind, The Zen Diaries of Gary Shandling, or The Bitter Buddha. Then there are comedy doc films like Hysterical, Dying Laughing, and Comedian which takes a look at the industry. The film follows a handful of comedians who tour overseas and attempt to break down the language barrier through humor. When it comes to the funniest comedy documentaries ever, I Need You to Kill is up there with the best of them. So, what are the best comedy documentaries of all time? What hilarious comedy documentaries should you watch first? Documentaries about stand up comedy often cover the ins-and-outs of the industry, what it takes to make it in entertainment, or the lives of comedy greats. Comedy docs focus on a variety of subjects and share hilarious anecdotes. What is the best comedy documentary of all time? The funniest comedy documentaries offer strong narrative arcs, memorable characters, and emotional payoffs that stick with you long after they're over.
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