Jim Jefferies: Intolerant

I don't know about these purists here that say this is sub-par Jefferies, to me, this was funny all along, which is what a stand-up is supposed to be.. I loved it! Ps: I got the hots for Jim, so maybe I'm just too partial to like him.

It's a decent standup special, but I didn't laugh quite as much as I did during some of his previous shows. Jokes complaining about a different generation are kind of dull for me personally, and that goes for older generations complaining about younger ones and younger generations complaining about older ones. He didn't really bring anything new or fresh to the table in this regard, in my opinion. The stuff about comedic boundaries changing was genuinely insightful and well done though, as it is something that the world is dealing with and trying to balance at the moment. Overall it's a decent way to kill an hour, but I was still a tiny bit disappointed.

Compared to his early work, which I found genuinely funny, this felt very mainstream and safe.

He drops a couple of C words here and there, but even that felt forced, as if he was trying to stay 'edgy'.

I saw him perform this routine live in Birmingham in Dec 2019. It was better, and had extra jokes which appear to have been cut out, notably his Michael Jackson routine, which was the best bit! Legalities maybe? The special suffers for it, as it will be remembered as one of his weakest in comparison to his other releases, which is a shame, as his crowd work was great live. It just doesn't seem to have captured the magic from the night.

Jim is a good story teller. Material was average but disseminated in a way that allowed it to rise above itself.

Older comedians portraying themselves as victims of millennial culture is getting a little over done, Bill Burr/Ricky Gervais etc. Just spit out the edgiest jokes you have, we don't need the extended meta-commentary as a joke in place of actual jokes.

I would have given 8/10 but Jim was looking a little pudgy to me.