Fabrizio del Wrongo writes:
I watched stand-up comedian Iliza Shlesinger’s film “War Paint” on Netflix streaming the other night. I admit it: I hit “play” on the Roku controller in part because the image used to advertise the movie shows Iliza in the buff. She’s an okay looking girl. Nothing like the press makes her out to be, but okay. She has a pretty interesting gimmick — a rapid-fire, almost stream-of-consciousness delivery that at times evokes Sam Kinison. She isn’t scary-funny like Kinison, though. Mostly she just wears you down. Her voice is a yappy-dog bark with a bit of growl in it, and when she can’t come up with something funny to say she makes a high-pitched goat sound. Amazingly, this gets a laugh whenever she does it. I found listening to her to be a relentlessly unpleasant experience — a bit like going to a poetry reading by a speed freak. One who is part goat.
Anyway, her demeanor and her material are worth enduring because, taken together, they make for a pretty potent portrait of contemporary femininity. More potent even than “Bridesmaids.” She has a gift for observation and description, and her stories about going out with girlfriends are spot-on evocations of the horror show that is the ’10s dating scene. Occasionally the camera will pick up a clutch of fat chicks in the audience. They seem to be laughing more in recognition than delight.
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Wow, this sounds unbearable. And the thought of a female Sam Kinison is enough to send me screaming in the other direction.
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She’s somewhat better looking that Sam, but for all I know, that might make it worse.
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“Somewhat better looking than Sam”. That’s damning with faint praise if I ever heard it! 😀
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It does sound awful, but you seem to suggest it’s a sociological must-see. Is that the correct conclusion?
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Well, “must-see” is pushing it. But I took it as sociologically interesting, yes.
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She’s a blond mashup of Natasha Leggero (looks), Maria Bramford (voices), long-winded pseudo jokes (Dane Cook) and Goat Boy (Jim Breuer).
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Thanks. I have no idea who any of those folks are. I’m still living in the ’80s where stand-up comedy is concerned. Are any of the folks you mentioned funny?
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I didn’t get past the first few minutes.
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Ha. Can’t say I blame you.
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Same here. I bailed around the 10 minute mark.
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