Tiffany Haddish: Black Mitzvah

If one is going to review a show, like the first review, then actually review the show instead of complaining about how 'she's in everything'. Maybe she is in everything because people like her and she is doing something that resonates with a lot of people. So it only makes sense that she would have this special. And it's not like the 'Haddish Invasion' is making it so that you can't turn around without seeing her. She's not Jennifer Lopez - who is as over-exposed as you can possibly be.

I'm a huge Tiffany Haddish fan and I always look forward to seeing her appear on things - I especially loved her on the Letterman Netflix show. And I do love her stand up but it gets to be a bit much: the pandering to the audience but I guess that's the point: people WANT that. he Jewish angle of it all did make it very interesting and even educational in some ways. But for some reason, as much as I love female comedians, there's a certain over-the-top bombastic quality that they are resorting to that makes it seem like they are making up for material that is lacking. Watch the first 5 minutes of the Iliza Schlessinger special - with the screaming from what seems like an Oprah audience and the flames and fire... it's just ridiculous. I think my main problem with a lot of these specials is that the laughing to applause ratio is not good. I don't want to watch any comedy show that is telling me stuff that makes me nod my head and clap and maybe chuckle. I want to laugh. It reminds me of a quote that a great man once said.

"Applause kills comedy" - Colin Quinn.

I've never understood the hype around Tiffany Haddish. I've seen her in acting capacities and to me, she seems to play the exact same character in everything. Never saw any of her stand up routines so I gave this one a try. And one thing I noticed was that just like Iliza Shlesinger's newest special, she's performing to a crowd of pandering seals waiting at the ready to clap and bark at literally everything she says. For example she said "I bought a microscope" and the crowd actually whooped and hollered at it. She even had to tell the crowd to sit down because for whatever reason after an opening standing ovation they just....kept standing?

She didn't seem to be telling jokes. She was basically just talking AT the audience about the most random things. Everything she said seemed to be going for applause rather than laughs. Even to the point where she kept pausing, expecting a round of clapping in return. The whole thing was just a mess. And after seeing this and other things she's been in, I'm STILL at a loss for why the powers that be keep trying to make this woman happen.

The only reason I gave this trash one star was because i couldn't give it zero.

I'm a comic and this is NOT stand-up it's a family talent show "performance. This says a lot about the state of comedy today. No ammount of money is worth producing something this unfunny yet.. tah-dah! Tiffany Haddish is WOW level terrible. I still cannot believe someone spent money to make this. Her working a room probably full of her family & friends with stories about them and how famous they are. This show is a nightmare, and an embarrassment to stand-up comedy. We need to be honest if we want to improve comedy, and ultimately laugh more.

I watched this and found it to be thoroughly enjoyable. I appreciate the raw humor, though some may find it to be over the line I do not agree, only that it is for mature audience of course. I am looking forward to watching and listening to more from Tiffany Haddish. I really enjoy her as a comedic icon and actress as well as writer though I have yet to read her writing I am certain I will like it.

A+ actress, solid C stand-up comedian, but we knew that, right?