Jacqueline Novak: Get on Your Knees

Brilliant and unique. Worth a watch. Definitely didn't laugh out loud but a new twist on stand up. The entire skit is about one topic that you can guess based on the title.

She'll keep you on the edge of your seat in ways that you honestly have no idea what she'll say next.

I've never seen stand up spoken so fast and poetic.

She's a very fast spoken individual but very poetic in her way to weave in and out of storylines for 1.5 hours. It will be interesting to see what she comes out with next.

You can tell she's got much more to share as she's got one of racing minds but she's well thought out.

This is comedy genius. I can barely describe it. The pacing is dazzling and you need to try to keep up with it. But you get this from the beginning - this must be the way an airplane would speed up along the runway to take off. And it does take off! Bold, poetic, hilarious, this stand up comedy show reaches literary heights that must have made many comedians jealous of this incredible, inexhaustible talent that moves incessantly across the stage leaving you breathless at the end, and unable to believe what you just saw. Unbelievable heights of intelligence! I recommend you watch this with all my heart. But be prepared Jacqueline will have you going for the sprint.

It may be hard for some to keep up with the pace of this genius. This must be the most words per minute and jokes per minute that I've seen in a comedy special.

Of course we are talking about some very adult themes here. Some very graphic descriptions of human anatomy, but we're all just human. She really spells out what so many of us have been thinking all along though.

Quite verbose, Jacqueline moves along at pace that may be difficult for some to keep up with. But if you're able to put your phone down for a moment and keep up, you are in for quite a ride.

I promise you have never heard an hour and a half conversation, mostly about BJ's (but not entirely) that was this intelligent.

Very good comedian I had somehow never heard of. She mixes clever word play with animated almost but not quite over the top performance. Putting you in the artists shoes in her moments of power and weakness, in coming of age and truly showing she grasps herself and probably everyone else. Most of all this is funny and she a great storyteller like I can't even like wonder if like it might be like the best special of 2024. Jacqueline Novak will have you laughing from beginning to end! I don't really have anything negative to add or any criticism, I just really enjoyed this comedy special and am eager to delve into her back catalogue.

Its true this may be closer to a one man show than a comedy performance, but this touch of theatre over a comedic styled narration demonstrated a refreshing take on what it means to give a solo performance in the age of streaming. The onslaught of words left no time for appreciating each joke, but it also left no time to feel off-put as she navigates socially awkward topics.

It feels like a natural progression in the feminist narrative of taking control of ones life story and casting oneself as the hero even in the face of failures. As other comedians simply look for us to laugh off our failures we can appreciate that looking for poetic dignity through failure is a useful coping skill that we aren't often presented with in this genre.

I felt like it could have almost fallen apart and felt too desperate in what it was reaching for, but the closing of the show was the cherry on top and solidifies her as a great show writer and an authentic performer.

This style may feel off putting from what we are used to in the comedian genre, but I think Novak's critics will look back and realize they were asking Mozart to play less notes - Bravo!