This was the first time I had ever seen a Lewis Black routine, and I was riotously surprised. So this review assumes you are like I was: totally clueless about what to expect, other than a vague notion that Lewis Black is that "angry guy".
If you're worried about what politics to expect, put your fears to rest. Lewis skewers all political persuasions equally. So unless you actually believe either party has our best interest at heart, we're fine here.
Lewis takes us through a madman's views on airport security, small towns, getting old, greedy healthcare industries, a terrorist with a bomb strapped to his d---, audience walk outs, and "ABORTION"... followed by a painful pause and then "yeah there's a word guaranteed to bring the crowd to an awkward silence."
Now let's talk about the rage. Again I was initially worried about someone who would spend 90 mins ranting about irritating social issues, but here's where the comedy comes in. Lewis Black's style is, as best as I can put it, bipolar madness. His schtick is to draw us in with an intelligent, controlled, almost grandfatherly setup, then suddenly flip into Freddy Krueger mode. Or for those of you who remember the late, great Sam Kinnison with his spontaneous "AAAAH!!! AAAAAH!", it's something like that, except Lewis Black's resting state is more on the polite side which makes his flipouts even funnier.
I would recommend this to Lewis Black noobs because he spends the first 5-10 minutes explaining his comedy style (or as he puts it, it may be comedy to us, but to him he has to live with it 24 HOURS A F-KIN DAY!) so immediately we are inaugurated into the insane voyeuristic show that is Lewis Black. It's downright cathartic, if not a healthy dose of schadenfreude ("pleasure derived by from another person's misfortune"). And if you take this as my title implies, watching someone who is angrier than you are, you'll have a good time.
