David Cross: Oh Come On

David Cross has a fantasy that he wants to share. That fantasy makes me feel so good and it gives me hope. Don't get me wrong, the rest of the show is funny as hell. I was laughing a lot. But that golden nugget made my day.

Ignore the tepid reviews from sensitive Trump voters who seemingly haven't seen any of David's other specials. This one is worth the price of admission.

The entire set, start to finish, seems designed for clapter. He seemingly goes back and forth in his set between hating on the California/LA, "Santa Monica", culture and embodying the same culture that he claims to hate; the hypocrisy of it all is quite astounding. Feels like he might have been aiming for irony, or satire, but he missed the mark.

He kept me on the edge of my seat the entire set, waiting for the punchlines. Unfortunately, there were only a few moments where I laughed. While I found myself agreeing with much of what he said, I was hoping for a comedy set not a TED talk from a sketch comedy writer.

If you are a liberal who wants to relive the experience of hating on Trump, or a self hating Californian, then this might be the clapter special for you.

The set seems to lack any of the edgy hard hitting humor that Cross has displayed in the past. Especially after the witty no punches pulled style he showed on his previous special; Oh, come on fell far short of expectation. Cross resorts to hacky played out jokes for the first half of the special. Appearing to resort to his normal political commentary in the second half, he comes across as more inflammatory than anything fresh or insightful

I've always been a fan of Cross, but this set is so uneven it's painful to watch. The second half devolves into one long incoherent hateful rant. Not what I'd call entertaining. Sad.