Sarah Silverman: PostMortem

I really love Sarah's comedy. I've watched everything she's ever done except for the second half of this special. I feel like she made this primarily for herself and would be more appropriate as a conversation with friends and family who knew her parents. Maybe even as therapy. It just wasn't very funny. There were a few laughs obviously but as a whole it was clear that she was working some stuff out. The worst part is that I was really excited to watch the new Sarah Silverman special. I think I'll rewatch one of her older ones tonight. I hope it's not too long before she gets back to the sort of routines that her fans love her for.

I watched about half of her show so far due to limitations of my own but so far I love it Silverman is someone who I really didn't think was that funny and I'm talking about you know 30 years ago OK when I go back and look at her stuff even 20 years ago I find that she actually is quite funny quite good at what she does unique in her delivery and reading these negative comments about her Flips me out. Who are you people? I'm glad you don't like Sarah Silverman put your red hats on and go away.

So now I write to fulfill a technicality on this site I love Sarah and believe that her humor and delivery are funny and funnier each time her humor is intelligent maybe some of you that so clearly dislike her should just crawl off and away from the rest of us with the lack of females in comedy and late night etc we need her voice now more than ever.

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.

A cringeworthy bomb from a comedian who can and has done SO MUCH better. I was excited to watch it and unfortunately I found myself fast forwarding through most of it. Her pauses to wait for audience applause are painful and terrible "impressions" fall incredibly flat. When a comedian has to laugh at their own jokes to get things moving along, you know you're in for a slow ride. Sarah seems to have lost her spark and natural sense of humour. Save yourself an hour and skip this one...instead try checking out The Sarah Silverman Show. This "special" may end up being the postmortem for her comedy career.

I actually like Sarah Silverman as a comic and feel about my reaction to this comedy special, but it's just not good, no matter how hard I try to find a positive.

Most of the stand-up is about the late loss of her father, with whom she obviously had a great relationship. That being said, this felt more like a eulogy than a stand-up special and a lot of it was quite sad, which is exactly what I hoped to avoid going into a stand-up.

Apart from being sad, there are long build-ups throughout with no punches, and a lot of jokes that feel like "insider" jokes that would have meant more for family or close friends. Overall, it just wasn't a good time.

The live audience was very generous in its laughs and applause.