Iliza Shlesinger: Hot Forever

Going to a comedy show should be fun. But in this case, it wasn't very fun. I normally like Iliza ... she's very intelligent & talented, and her comedic timing is great. But if I had paid good money to sit in that audience in Ohio on this July night, I would have come out of there thinking "what in the world just happened, and where did our "date night" go???" Yes, she has a microphone in her hand and wants to use it to make the world a better place, but somehow she turned a night of comedy into a night of being scolded. I agree with many of her opinions, but I don't want to hear about them at a stand-up comedy show. Maybe she could have "touched" on those subjects for a minute or two, but she just kept going and going and it all started to feel uncomfortable and weird. Sorry Iliza, but you missed the mark on this one. Keep telling the world how you feel and keep trying to make it better, but you're a comedienne, so you should keep it funny.

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.

Most of her other standup specails were decent, this one not so much. Hot forever has two elements. Political agendas being shoved down your throat and unrelatable weird stories about bras and men bashing, neither were funny or coherent. I don't know what was the worst part of the show. Her miscarriage speech or the constant ooohing cheer after ever boring attempt at " women are the victim " by all the easily manipulated ladies in the audience. The idea that all women are self loathing caused by unintelligent men through out their life is a running theme. If your looking for her previous brand of humor you will be disappointed and will be left with the feeling you wasted your time.

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.

Once again Iliza delivers a great performance. She is one of the best comedians to hit the stage in the last twenty years. And it's always refreshing to see the people (mostly dudes, let's be honest) that hate on her honesty. They post on here and try to be clever and poignant. But, they just come off as dejected F-boys trying to achieve relevance. I look forward to every performance from Shlesinger. She's great live, she does sound effects, she snaps like a vicious badger, and she's demure where the joke calls for it. Her bit about her husband's sleeping issues is fantastic. Another win for Iliza and Netflix.