Ali Wong: Single Lady

I enjoyed her other specials and her new Netflix series "Beef." I loved them and laughed so much I watched them several times with other people. I'm beyond disappointed of the new special. I couldn't even finish watching it. I got no enjoyment watching it. It was literally her talking about having sex with a bunch of men since her divorce. It started extremely raunchy and didn't have any sense of depth in her comedy. I'm not sure what audience she is trying to relate to but it was extremely disturbing to hear all her sexual desires and experiences in almost every joke. While some jokes were okay she still deviated back to being raunchy. I'm not saying she is a pervert but the skit was definitely perverted. I understand the whole single, proud, independent woman mind set but this performance is very extreme. I'm a lover of comedy and love when a comedian can incorporate some sense of depth and intellect in the humor. My opinion but this one doesn't have it. I only gave three stars because her other specials were good.

Not sure what Ali Wong was going for here besides letting everyone know she's had a post-divorce sexual awakening...and has made her way through an apparently healthy lot of guys sexually before settling down. Great? You go girl? Bedding guys between the ages of 25 and 60 with details, and then bagging on guys from the Midwest who consume dairy products. Um, okay? You really burned him there. At one point she called herself a Chinese girl...only to refer to herself later as a Vietnamese girl. Not sure what she meant to go for with this stand-up routine...but comedy and laughter were not the result.

I don't really know what to say broadly beyond saying that this is fine, but not as funny as the previous Ali Wong specials I remember watching. She really just sticks to the one topic the entire time, and I'm always down for the concept album equivalent of a standup special, but this one wore out its welcome at a point.

It's just about getting back into the dating scene after a divorce and going through some short-term relationships. On and on and on. I'd complain if a male comedian did the same and just talked about dates with women for an hour nonstop.

I also don't find comedians - regardless of gender - bragging about wealth very appealing because I don't like hearing anyone bragging about wealth. I don't like the idea that it should be something one's proud of, let alone people saying it and then expecting cheers or laughs. Anyway, there were some decently funny parts for sure, and it's entertaining enough, but also a bit underwhelming.

The only interesting observation I can really offer concerns wondering whether this is a standup special with product placement? She references My Octopus Teacher, The Last Airbender, and Squid Game, which are all available on Netflix, and this special is on Netflix. So it makes me wonder. I don't really want to think about Netflix being a brand while I'm watching standup, but it could also be a coincidence. There are references to non-Netflix properties, too, admittedly (like E. T and Ferris Bueller's Day Off).

I've been a long-time fan of Ali Wong's standup, so I was excited to see her latest routine. This is far and away not her best work at all. It was nothing more than an entire hour devoted to her divorce, and telling the audience (repeatedly) that she's rich and successful, and how she deserves men who can gratify her properly with oral sex. OK, fine for a short while, but move on. I'm not complaining about the raunchy humor; you expect that from Ali Wong. Just be more imaginative with it. Move on to other topics. That used to be what was appealing about Ali: her talent for observational humor. It's almost entirely missing here.

This is just not funny. I have enjoyed watching Ali's videos in the past, but this is just painful. Not funny at all. She seems to be very bitter and not very happy. This doesn't make for good comic material. It seems like very lazy writing. She goes on and about men, using them, disrespecting them and expecting them to be a certain way. If she was a man and she did the same spiel it would create a huge uproar. She may be a millionaire, but she should probably work on her investments and forget about comedy. Well, spacing doesn't work so I am going to use up the last bit with just a bunch of garbage. Kind of like the show.