Tig Notaro: Drawn

How are people not finding this funny? I tuned in half way through and have laughed at every story. I really enjoy dry humor and she delivers on that.

I love this concept. I'm a fan of Tig anyways but I love adding animation to stand up. Especially from different animators and they're unique styles for each story. I dont get why people get all salty about it. If it's not your cup of stand up then you wouldn't like it no matter what. But I thought it was hilarious. Tig talks about some dark issues but its good that they do.

I really liked Notaro's Cancer stand-up special a few years back, but haven't seen her do anything of any real interest since, and this new show is no exception. Supposedly the first full length animation of a stand-up show, I'm really struggling to understand why it was made this way: Could they not afford to film the gig? Does she not like looking at herself? Did they need to dub in fake applause? What was the point?

The animation itself is awfully generic and unfunny, the kind of thing that would usually be used in a cereal advert, and the attempts to amplify humorous moments only weaken them throughout.

The show is basically just a few longwinded observations and shaggy dog stories that are sometimes mildly interesting as tales in themselves (the one about wisdom teeth was best) but aren't really very funny at all, just longwinded remarks over coffee. It feels a lot more like a friend telling you about their day, rather than a professional comedian seeking to entertain you or communicate anything of interest. As some kind of cut-price Spalding Gray, I guess it's not a total failure, but as comedy it's pretty poor. Would be nice for her to try work in some jokes in future.

She is usually rather low key, sardonic, and dry. And that works for her. But until know I have never fallen off the couch laughing watching her stand up. Her opening story about her wisdom teeth I was laughing so hard I had to pause and calm down, the encounter with Jenny Slate was almost as funny and then the one with the Dolly Parton Song... I highly recommend this. It's Tig At Her Best So Far!

Didn't even know that was possible but it happened. Totally worth it. The animations really make her stories so much better.