Jim Jefferies: High n' Dry

Jim Jeffries is one of my all time favorites and was looking forward to this stand up, but it just wasn't up to his standard of clever jokes. It was more just the crass side of his typical jokes that are usually accompanied by clever joke writing, so it was very disappointing. It almost feels like he felt he need d to be controversial, when in reality he just needed to be himself. I really hope he ends up figuring out how to navigate the current world and starts writing the way he used to. There was about 10-20 minutes of actual entertaining jokes, but there's no need to watch the full show, just watch clips.

Not sure why there's so much hate. I loved Jim's old specials during the "Legit" era, then he got that comedy central show... That was a rough era and I wasn't enjoying much of what he was putting out, it felt like the comedy was restricted. This special feels like he's going back to the crass style of comedy that got him famous! Doesn't feel like he was pulling punches or over politicized the special. While there are bits about current social issues, they don't feel incredibly pointed or like he's trying to get a message out of them. It feels like a talented writer making jokes about modern society. Great to have ya back Jim! Keep this up!

I like Jim Jefferies, he seems to have some solid material. The main flaws I see are a weak second half and really weird pacing. Jim Jefferies has a tendency to overextend jokes well past their welcome (could be to being on the spectrum, which from experience makes it hard to move on to the next subject without finishing the first), and that seems to be especially prevalent in this one. There were some really solid jokes in here, like the Koala bear one, the Bachelor, the Swedish babies, and a few more. These jokes are solid dark humor, yet Jefferies decides to spend almost half of the special about his sex life with his wife. First off, nobody needed to know about all of that, he got way, WAY, too descriptive. Second, too long with little laughs. It was just 15-25 minutes of pure low brow humor with no clever twist. Overall though, this is a special worth watching, except you may want to skip the bit about his sex life.

If you're not tired of the "applaus-ter" for a comedian virtue signalling for about 50% of the special, then this one might be for you. The special was comprised of good jokes hidden between politicized rhetoric that overshadowed the real comedy. I can appreciate how comedians want to use their platform to echo the same 5 talking points for the greater good, but it's become trite and cliche for any comedian with a couple specials already released. The dirty jokes seem more forced, not so much naturally flowing thoughts but more brute force, sudden impact to pull a laugh. There was a good special in there somewhere, it's just sad to see Jefferies giving us a speech on social issues instead sticking to the material we came to love and know from him.