Iliza Shlesinger: Hot Forever

Such a shame, I loved her previous stand ups so much but with this one I just felt like I kept waiting for a punchline that never came, I couldn't relate to any of it.

It was so slow and weird, the same lines were repeated over and over again as if each one was a completely new joke, while the first one wasn't even necessarily funny.

It's mostly weird body contortions, weird voices, strange mimicks and inner dialogues that just don't sound organical.

She's trying to relate so much to a specific demographic and I just don't understand which.

Also, and I don't know if this is actually the case, but at times I felt like a lot of the cheering and applause was added in post production because the audience would go completely balistic but then the camera would zoom out and most people were just sitting there silently and very few people were actually clapping.

Easily her worst. No jokes just boring stories. A lot of talk about female body parts because that is funny and interesting for everyone. Also that is so unique and totally not common among female comics. Bleh.

You don't like my review? I did not like this show. This was made for young and easily impressionable women, probably. It is so hard being female... yeah, sure. Try being a guy.

Dumb, shallow, preachy snooze fest. Naturally she has to address current politics... and express her self-believed superiority in the topic.

Something is fishy with these reviews, too. Only 23 after 2 years? It is not really believable.

She tells jokes that are specifically for young single/casually dating women. Absolutely nothing wrong with that, but if you don't fall into that category, it's unlikely you will enjoy this. She can make jokes for whoever she wants, but this is not good material for a date night, which I think most stand-up comedy aims to be good for. This is very specific target audience comedy and if you don't fall into that category you're not wanted or invited to be a part of her audience.

Not a surprise, this has been her MO for a while, but for anyone wondering if she would pull back towards a broader audience... nope.

For all those that think this skit is too serious, get a life. I just skimmed over the last 5 reviews and they didn't get the message Iliza was trying to get across. Mary Wiseman was bullied for her body. Even reporters called it her body type. Say it like it is. People, including Star Trek fans, didn't like a curvy woman in tight uniforms.

This how we judge. All those who criticize her don't even know her. Even though she played an awesome character and did an excellent job. She didn't fit the image what a Star Fleet Officer suppose to look like. I stopped watching Star Trek after she left Discovery and gave away all the DVD's I had. Don't need them anymore due to streaming. I'm still discussed by this.

This is exactly what Iliza was talking about. All the other critics that reviewed before me that I read, didn't like the fact she was making a point. Because it is a serious subject that you're not going to get a laugh every second, they say it was a horrible show.

Stand up comedians are intelligent and you have to be intelligent to appreciate them. If you want unintelligent comedy, watch The Trailer Park Boys.

Iliza, awesome job. Too bad there is much more people that you talked about, especially the men that don't get sex, that see woman as an object rather than the intellectual men that support women. Society measures intelligence by IQ, I see intelligence as someone who good at what they do. I know, I have 3 adult daughters that I supported all their lives. Keep going on this. Thank you for the great entertainment.

.... Now she's only funny to her base.

There's no "edge" here. No "sharp" wit. She gets on stage and then proceeds to speak as fast as she possibly can, and repeat the same lines at least 4 times... over and over. As if repeating a rather dull "joke" makes it funnier. It doesn't. The speed at which she speaks almost makes it seem she as if she just wants to get it over with as quickly as possible. Her comedic timing is REALLY lacking in this special.

I think she may be suffering from a glass bubble. She's risen to the level where of course she has fans. Fans that will follow her regardless of what she says/creates - "fangurlz". So, who turns out to those "run up" shows where she is testing new jokes.... those fans obviously. Which, I'd guess, are mostly women around 40. So which jokes "work" or not in these "test" shows is all based on these audiences of predominantly older "fangurlz". And that is glaringly obvious in this special. It's a special which is nearly entirely geared towards women 40 or older.

Now, there's absolutely nothing wrong with that. But it does kill off the non-40-year-old female fans she may have had. 30 minute bits about bras just isn't funny to me. I'll never understand why audiences seemingly "roar" just because she does some silly voice. A flat "joke" delivered in a silly voice is still a flat "joke."

When she started her career she was fantastic and mixing things up and making ANY audience member laugh. She timed delivery, and took breaths, so things could be ingested as opposed to rattling off line after line. Now, she's just focusing on speed and making older women laugh. This special is really rather poor, that is unless you're a "fangurl."

I had a VERY hard time finding much humor in this special... probably I'm not an older woman who is down on men and finds bras funny.