My Name Is Mo'Nique

As many have said, the profanity was overbearing. Instead of saying uhh as a space saver, she used cuss worlds. I saw Monique a few years ago in New York and I was highly disappointed because her entire set was about the mess with Oprah, Lee, and Tyler. With all that has transpired with her since then, my expectations for this special were high and she missed the mark. It was her time to show the world why she deserved more. Yet, I didn't laugh a single time. It seemed like she was attempting to justify her behavior with the life stories as opposed to telling jokes. I think Monique got so lost in trying to be right that she forgot how to be funny. She looked great though.

If you like hearing curse words throughout the entire show OK, no comedy at all . I watched it and it was really bad. I would appreciate her atleast talking about world 🌎 news or issues or just comedy . What she's doing is straight hating on others or bad mouthing people and adding curse words everywhere and then what kills me is she then tries to act like she's so wholesome after just being vulgar for a entire hour. There's nothing funny about her Netflix Special ( and I was happy when she got it , because she complained about not having a special ) and boy was I disappointed 😢 the first five minutes grandma surely couldn't watch it . She opened up cursing . I love Luenelle , Somore , Wanda Sykes , Leslie love these ladies and they do real comedy . And I tried to give Monique the benefit of the doubt , but I have to say it She's NOT A COMEDIAN . Or let me say this she's not a comedian for me.

I mean, what can I say? There were a couple punch lines, but most of the funny stuff also left me wondering if I was supposed to laugh. This seemed more like she should've took this to therapy session but instead tried self medication in the form of just spilling it out on stage kind of approach. It was kind of disturbing to be a comedy special honestly. A comedy show that comes off as if she has a lot of trauma she still needs to deal with. This was a rant with sprinkles of jokes. I respect her for doing it that way as it probably allowed her to release a lot of years of sadness and anger, but for a comedy special it was awkwardly funny at best.

I've loved Monique since the Parkers. I've actually been rewatching The Parkers these last few weeks, so when I saw the special I was pretty excited. I watched 98% of it and laughed twice. There was A LOT of cursing, like every other word that it became noticeable. I'm a fan of all the greats and I can't even remember Richard Pryor saying g*damn every other word (unless I'm forgetting). I also thought the special would be more about why she was blackballed, but it was more about her life. Like a standup autobiography if that makes sense. I'm glad to know more about how she was raised, but even the personal stories didn't catch the heartstrings or make me laugh. Hopefully she gets another special and will focus on different topics .

I absolutely love Monique and want to see her win. And continue to win. The cussing what a bit overkill. MF this and MF that ninja this and ninja that. It was over done to the point where I was focusing more on how much she was cussing than the actual punch lines. Some of the build up in her storytelling didn't hit like it should which was a little disappointing. I really wanted her to nail this one but it was quite there. I think she had great content but the lengthy build up to the punch line that didn't actually land made the whole thing a little off.

But I still love Monique and can't wait for more from her.