Sarah Silverman: PostMortem

Sarah absolutely jerks you from cute family story to heartfelt, sentimental memories, to deep, dark gallows humor, then randomly hits each note like a bop-it. As someone with a fairly comparable age and story of loss, it hit like a brick, then made me cackle in the darkest of ways. A memorable laugh/cry for sure.

I'm sure it's a miss for some, but I am just personally an absolute bullseye of a target audience on this one. It is pure catharsis. It will challenge what you find funny and you'll probably think it's weird that a stand up comic is making you cry, be it for sympathy or empathy. Enjoy!!

I really love Sarah's comedy. I've watched everything she's ever done except for the second half of this special. I feel like she made this primarily for herself and would be more appropriate as a conversation with friends and family who knew her parents. Maybe even as therapy. It just wasn't very funny. There were a few laughs obviously but as a whole it was clear that she was working some stuff out. The worst part is that I was really excited to watch the new Sarah Silverman special. I think I'll rewatch one of her older ones tonight. I hope it's not too long before she gets back to the sort of routines that her fans love her for.

I actually like Sarah Silverman as a comic and feel about my reaction to this comedy special, but it's just not good, no matter how hard I try to find a positive.

Most of the stand-up is about the late loss of her father, with whom she obviously had a great relationship. That being said, this felt more like a eulogy than a stand-up special and a lot of it was quite sad, which is exactly what I hoped to avoid going into a stand-up.

Apart from being sad, there are long build-ups throughout with no punches, and a lot of jokes that feel like "insider" jokes that would have meant more for family or close friends. Overall, it just wasn't a good time.

The live audience was very generous in its laughs and applause.

Sarah Silverman fans will like it. If you have lost a parent you'll like it. Sarah kills it. This special should be 10/10 across the board. She always keeps it real and so naturally funny. Obviously she has a past of being in stand up up comedy, if you're a comedy nerd you know that. She's always been funny and watching her delivery and intellectual delivery she always will be in my top fav comics. I like the ones that will bush boundaries but Also be themselves like through and through. I can't lie I lost touch a bit with the stupid post she put out about the Israel Palestine situation but she fixed it and I low key get her perspective at the the time as a full on American women of Jewish heritage but whatever she makes me cackle and have always loved her comedy and she stays funny,

I'm guessing the low-star reviews are due to people who cannot relate (so I guess "congratulations" to them). As someone who sat with my father (and best friend) in his final days and have lost more folks than I care to name, this was funny, heart-warming and hit all those spots that someone who has experienced the loss of parent(s) needs. Maybe this isn't the raw sort of show we've come to expect from Sarah but it is pretty damn impressive that she's "laughing while orphaned" a state few people can find in the same situation. In my opinion this was exactly the show I hoped it would be and I definitely shed some happy tears during the final credits.