Over the last few weeks, I’ve made my grievances with Last Coming Standing pretty clear, so today I thought I’d try something a bit different. Instead of hiding behind my computer screen and taking potshots at the judges like the coward I am, in this review I’ll be following that honored schoolyard aphorism, “If it’s so easy, then you do it.” Below are my own rulings from the bench, handed out in the form of special awards I’m calling Hudson’s Special Last Comic Standing Comedy Awards for Comedians.
Most Sage Advice from a Comedy God:
This one goes to Wanda Sykes for her great “you’re better than that” response to Zainab Johnson’s weak rape joke. An all too common mistake among “edgy” comedians is repeating tired cliches instead of presenting a legitimately original (or, y’know, edgy) perspective, a lesson Wanda handed down in the most compelling way possible. The closest thing to a counterexample last night was D.C. Benny, who somehow managed to transcend the supreme wackness of his racial voices by having the material to back it up. In all other cases the answer is a simple “unh-uh.”
Weirdest Moment of the Night:
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