Sarah Silverman: PostMortem

Sarah absolutely jerks you from cute family story to heartfelt, sentimental memories, to deep, dark gallows humor, then randomly hits each note like a bop-it. As someone with a fairly comparable age and story of loss, it hit like a brick, then made me cackle in the darkest of ways. A memorable laugh/cry for sure.

I'm sure it's a miss for some, but I am just personally an absolute bullseye of a target audience on this one. It is pure catharsis. It will challenge what you find funny and you'll probably think it's weird that a stand up comic is making you cry, be it for sympathy or empathy. Enjoy!!

I generally enjoy Sara Silverman's comedy, i find it smart and creative, she is a great storyteller. This specific piece is very honest and a very well narrated story about her personal journey with her parents, at some points it gets sad and depressing, but she is a mature comic that teaches us that you can always find a silver lining on every situation.

Maybe the problem is that this material is the kind you expect to hear on a comedy special, and you start watching thinking about a great time with a witty comic, but after a few minutes you realise that it is quite dense, not very funny. It does not mean it is a bad special, i would just suggest to be aware that this is not the kind of show you want to watch if you want a big laugh.

Better than expected.

It started slowly though, since I get to see it randomly, I didn't really know what to expect.

I was not really familiar with Sarah's comedy before.

And initially, as I said, I thought it might not be any good.

But then as it unfolded, it got really funny.

You know, it's rare when jokes actually make you laugh out loud in front of your TV, but that's what happened.

It must be hard. Grieving is hard. Yet it can be a bit easier with humour. Yet the humour must be right.

And I do believe that this is a wise example, a high quality sample of such a humour, it really got to me.

I was surprised when it's ended, I wanted more, it was a bittersweet symphony, I loved it.

It's not the best show ever, it's probably not even the best Sarah's show, I guess cause it's mainly about her personally, about her grief and its not a default stand up topic, sure, but it was funny.

And ironically, I guess that's how you want to go, that's how you want yourself to be remembered - with laughter of joy, not with plain tears...

I never known this woman, so I guess I don't have to care about her personal stuff, but she is cunning and smart, and I can relate to most of the things she said, I respect that.

Its a good show. I guess, if you really don't get it at all now, you probably will in time.

Sarah Silverman fans will like it. If you have lost a parent you'll like it. Sarah kills it. This special should be 10/10 across the board. She always keeps it real and so naturally funny. Obviously she has a past of being in stand up up comedy, if you're a comedy nerd you know that. She's always been funny and watching her delivery and intellectual delivery she always will be in my top fav comics. I like the ones that will bush boundaries but Also be themselves like through and through. I can't lie I lost touch a bit with the stupid post she put out about the Israel Palestine situation but she fixed it and I low key get her perspective at the the time as a full on American women of Jewish heritage but whatever she makes me cackle and have always loved her comedy and she stays funny,

I'm guessing the low-star reviews are due to people who cannot relate (so I guess "congratulations" to them). As someone who sat with my father (and best friend) in his final days and have lost more folks than I care to name, this was funny, heart-warming and hit all those spots that someone who has experienced the loss of parent(s) needs. Maybe this isn't the raw sort of show we've come to expect from Sarah but it is pretty damn impressive that she's "laughing while orphaned" a state few people can find in the same situation. In my opinion this was exactly the show I hoped it would be and I definitely shed some happy tears during the final credits.