Iliza: Unveiled

I've loved Iliza's previous specials, but this one just didn't stand up to the bar I had set for it. I'm all for political jokes, feminist jokes, social commentary, etc (even if I personal disagree with the point being made) when done well but a lot of the material for this set fell flat. Like, some of it was just observances without an actual joke. Idk, it wasn't terrible but not as good as I was expecting.

And sometimes funny and/or ironic BUTTTT delivered with W A A A A Y too much energy. Trying too too hard. At five minutes in I felt exhaustion and annoyance.

Too bad 'cause, as I said, she makes some good points. I just can't stand to watch her.

She's getting better with age. Each show a spot check on reality through the years. She's 30 something now. Her facial expressions and agile energetic performance are worth watching with sound off. Let me rephrase, one needs to watch the closely. Her presence amplifies the power of the jokes.

Freezing Hot, War Paint, and Confirmed Kills were awesome. Iliza made some great jokes and they were often layered with her own political/personal views, but it never felt overbearing. I laughed! I rage-quit Elder Millennial and Unveiled because, quite frankly, Iliza has got too big for her boots. She is Ego dressed in tight high-waisted pants. She's not funny any more-she's an angry political stance that doesn't give any air time to jokes, but plenty of time to her own self-indulgent opinions about "a woman's life" in 2019. I'm a feminist and I'm a millennial woman, and somehow Iliza fails to resonate with me at all. Her ego is larger than her ponytail, and-to be honest-her act is getting old.

I laughed out loud and I'm a sad, bitter person. She is extremely smart, mean and fantastically aware of the absurdity of the human experience.