Just as funny and endearing as his two former Netflix comedy specials, this latest from John Mulaney will delight his fans and surely win him a slew of new ones. If you’ve seen either “New in Town” or “The Comeback Kid,” then you have a pretty good sense of what you’ll find here, and I mean that in a good way: Mulaney’s delivery remains solid and charming, his timing is damn near impeccable, and his conversational performance style makes the experience relatable and memorable. Here, Mulaney takes on a variety of topics, from his years working as a writer on “Saturday Night Live” to his experience attending college, but it’s really his political material in the latter half of the special that demarcates the routine as something special – without succumbing to facile insults, the comedian manages to lacerate the current American political landscape by addressing himself to the audience as a composite instead of a fragmented binary, and the result is surprisingly cathartic.
Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)
