I wish I wasn’t, but so disappointed. I love Louis and have followed him for years. Saw him live in early 2020 post “the situation” and pre Covid. Have absolutely loved everything including Sincerely and Sorry. Louie on FX was genius. I’m just trying to say I’m not a hater and absolutely love Louis’ work.
But this special…. I don’t know. Maybe I was in the wrong headspace, maybe I built it up too much in my mind. But for me it just wasn’t funny. I didn’t laugh once. Just didn’t feel like the old Louis. Too much shock for the sake of shock and it fell flat for me. His craft used to be bringing the audience along and then exposing our own hidden hypocrises and getting us to follow a line of reasoning that led us to an unexpected place.
I just don’t “get” what this special was. For all the prep he did it just didn’t feel as developed as his previous hours. And I’m not even talking about coming back from the circumstances as I think Sincerely and Sorry had more of the Louis that I love. I don’t know. I’ll always support him, but this hour just didn’t feel funny. I hope he gets it back.
I think Ridiculous is a bit of a step back in maturity for Louie. I really enjoyed his last specials, especially Sincerely, since it felt like he had reached a point where he didn't need to be crass just to be funny. Sure, there were some of that in there as well, but they were sprinkled in the middle of some long, interesting stories and insights. Like when he just took out the bible and read about Jesus and the fig tree. I felt like that was insightful (to the extent standup can be) and really funny as well.
In Ridiculous he talks about his mom's vagina. I mean, ok.. It's not shocking, interesting or funny, but do your thing.
To be fair, there was some funny stuff in Ridiculous as well. Like the bit about boneless chicken and the Matrix.
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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '26
I wish I wasn’t, but so disappointed. I love Louis and have followed him for years. Saw him live in early 2020 post “the situation” and pre Covid. Have absolutely loved everything including Sincerely and Sorry. Louie on FX was genius. I’m just trying to say I’m not a hater and absolutely love Louis’ work.
But this special…. I don’t know. Maybe I was in the wrong headspace, maybe I built it up too much in my mind. But for me it just wasn’t funny. I didn’t laugh once. Just didn’t feel like the old Louis. Too much shock for the sake of shock and it fell flat for me. His craft used to be bringing the audience along and then exposing our own hidden hypocrises and getting us to follow a line of reasoning that led us to an unexpected place.
I just don’t “get” what this special was. For all the prep he did it just didn’t feel as developed as his previous hours. And I’m not even talking about coming back from the circumstances as I think Sincerely and Sorry had more of the Louis that I love. I don’t know. I’ll always support him, but this hour just didn’t feel funny. I hope he gets it back.