On this week’s episode, we take a look at Amy Schumer’s Leather Special on Netflix. We all watched it and in spite of being fans of Schumer’s comedy, we all came away dissatisfied. We use the special as a window into a conversation about comedic theory, which is something comedians won’t shut up about. We also make a shocking announcement about our five questions! What is the shocking announcement? You’ll have to listen to find out!
PS: Amy’s response to some of the negative reviews of her show is here. We are all fans of her previous work so this response doesn’t really apply to us. But it is interesting.
Much like Nick and Molly, I only watched the first 20 minutes and didn’t laugh once. Amy’s past stand-up and skits usually got me to at least chuckle, but this special just wasn’t funny. It’s sad that she’s in denial about the fact that she might just not have been funny and needs to find a scape goat and blame “the alt right”.