My Favorite Shapes by Julio Torres

This is not "subtle humor." It's just not funny. It's the unfunny equivalent of a toddler talking about each toy in his collection. But much less amusing.

Saturday Night Live writer and co-creator of Los Espookys, Julio Torres, has an HBO special where bric-a-brac is delivered to him via a conveyor belt that he controls with a foot pedal. Torres then gives you the back story, the hidden secrets, and the drama behind each object. Sometimes these objects have interior monologues which are voiced by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone. Also, Torres is dressed as some sort of gay alien, and apparently he has the ability to teleport around the stage.

Now, there are exactly two kinds of responses to this description. There are those who will enjoy this special precisely because they are unable to fully understand it. And then there are those who will hate this special precisely because they are unable to fully understand it. Which are you?

I've seen surrealist humour and this isn't it! Just being so stupid and weird behind comprehension doesn't make it surreal, a lot of that genre are often more clever and engaging when you get over the cooky presentation, might boosh being a classic.

Everything in this was rotten, I think a couple made me smirk did the sheer stupidness that this somehow is on demand on sky in the uk alongside actual comedians, I'm aware he has done other stuff, I'm just going off this, which sucked, he's the type of act todays people will support despite being awful as that's what culture is now, patronising certain demographics to look accepting and open minded.

The fake audience or laugh track were too obvious aswell. As a one off joke, bits could work but not on tv, definitely not as an hour long special. Garbage.

I loved this show! Subtle, dry humor. Eccentric and sometimes very touching. Has the qualities of imagination sorely lacking in much of today's in-your-face humor. I felt as if I were being invited into a new and magical world, and I hated to see it end. Obviously, from other reviews here, this is not everyone's cup of tea. But I loved it! If you enjoy thinking of things in a whole new way, welcome aboard!

No one is doing stand up like this out there. It's childlike yet, smart as hell. His ongoing narratives of inanimate objects are informed by the same dumb insecurities, neuroses and delusions of grandeur that we all succumb to in modern life... except, its a sink! Or a cactus. Or a truly random shape. ( my favorite shape was : "Tilda Swinton's apartment"). And of course, "Los Espookys" is a must-watch.