The Standups (2017)

The Standups is a mixed salad. Two out of six comedians got me chuckling pretty good, two were passably funny, and two I did not like. Nate Bargatze is deadpan (that's his thing) but passable. Fortune Feimster is a large lesbian (and makes a big deal about it) who is passable at best. Deon Cole was the funniest, in my humble opinion; I'd give him 4 stars. (His best line: "Is anyone here over 30 years old?" [Audience whoops.] "Remember when you were the hope of the future? When people actually cared about what you did?") Nikki Glaser was appallingly scatological (in the female sense); at least Amy Schumer goes on for 20 words, not 20 minutes, about how skanky she is "down there." Beth Stelling is entirely deadpan but, I thought, the second-funniest comedian. Dan Soder is a 33-year-old stoner who went steadily downhill until the last few minutes, which were redemptive and funny. Enjoy! 3 stars. (7-13-2017)