I am not overly familiar with comedian Jimmy Carr, but I do know of him. When I stumbled upon this 2016 stand-up comedy special on Netflix in 2022, of course I opted to watch it.
Now, ironically then the show is titled "Jimmy Carr: Funny Business", however I have to say that the funny business is up for interpretation. Now, I get that everyone have a different sense of comedy, and I have to say that this 2016 special sort of fell short of providing me with much of laughter or entertainment.
There was no red thread throughout the course of the show, as Jimmy Carr was essentially just randomly blasting off jokes left and right, switching theme every other second. That was a little bit annoying for me, because I felt like I would get equally much out of just type in "jokes" on Google.
Something that astounded me in "Jimmy Carr: Funny Business" was the way that comedian Jimmy Carr is lashing out at the audience without any sense of filter or sense of when to stop. It was toe-curling at times to watch him dish out personal attacks against members of the audience.
Sure, a good amount of the jokes were actually funny, but without a proper red thread to guide the show, then it was essentially just 62 minutes of random jokes pulled from a hat, laced with some behavior that certainly felt like overstepping a line to me.
After having seen "Jimmy Carr: Funny Business", then I am not really feeling prompted to rush out to get to watch more of Jimmy Carr's material.
My rating of "Jimmy Carr: Funny Business" lands on a three out of ten stars.
