Jim Jefferies: High n' Dry

I really wanted to like this special because I've watched all of Jim Jefferies other specials, and this one was frankly underwhelming and difficult to stay engaged. There were a couple of good jokes throughout the special, but ultimately many of them were drawn out. He often uses just the sheer volume of his voice to make a joke, but just being loud doesn't necessarily make you funny. Overall, I do appreciate Jim for sticking to his original shtick of self-deprivation and raunchy comedy, but this show is probably best viewed in person. I don't want to be too overly critical of a comedy special, especially Jim Jefferies, as I am a fan, but I would probably skip this one.

If you're not tired of the "applaus-ter" for a comedian virtue signalling for about 50% of the special, then this one might be for you. The special was comprised of good jokes hidden between politicized rhetoric that overshadowed the real comedy. I can appreciate how comedians want to use their platform to echo the same 5 talking points for the greater good, but it's become trite and cliche for any comedian with a couple specials already released.

The dirty jokes seem more forced, not so much naturally flowing thoughts but more brute force, sudden impact to pull a laugh. There was a good special in there somewhere, it's just sad to see Jefferies giving us a speech on social issues instead sticking to the material we came to love and know from him.

It's better than his last special, but there's an entire segment of 69 jokes ripped off from Tom Segura, and a bunch of other jokes I'm pretty sure he stole from others like Doug Stanhope, as he always tends to.

He also repeats some of his own old jokes by the word, like "If you're (insert group here), know that you're not welcome here." or "(insert group here) are the worst people on Earth." or "You may know DJ Qualls as the skinny guy from Hustle n Flow"- and it's pretty ridiculous. Like you're watching a broken record loop for over a decade.

And as always, he's found new and inventive ways of pretending to be edgy, while actually doing the most middle-of-the-road, safe jokes as to not veer away from his new, fake liberal persona. For example, he makes fun of Greta - and that was something - but before he started he had to be like "I agree with her on EVERYTHING!"

Jeez, Jim, where'd your balls go? You're not edgy if you tell the audience what your "real" opinion is before or after each joke, and it's always a safe leftist one we all know you don't actually mean.

But hey, this special isn't as bland and aimless as the last one, and for Netflix, it's far beyond what the standard is.

So despite my many gripes with Jim "Jefferies" the person, Jim "Jefferies" the comedian is still 10/10 by Netflix standards.

Its hard not to like this guy, even though we don't agree on most topics lol. I guess that what makes a good comedian is when you think they have backwards ideals and the poorest of judgment but are still funny as all hell. A good comedian finds a way to make people laugh at anything and id say Jeffries does a great job of that. We were watching his early comedy back in 2014 or so and while he has transitioned quite a bit from those routines his overall approach to the mic seems to be the same - talk about controversial issues and make fun of the absurdity of humanity, though from the take of someone who admits hes a dumbmass.

Respect Jim, and arent we all.

A+

Not sure why there's so much hate. I loved Jim's old specials during the "Legit" era, then he got that comedy central show... That was a rough era and I wasn't enjoying much of what he was putting out, it felt like the comedy was restricted. This special feels like he's going back to the crass style of comedy that got him famous! Doesn't feel like he was pulling punches or over politicized the special. While there are bits about current social issues, they don't feel incredibly pointed or like he's trying to get a message out of them. It feels like a talented writer making jokes about modern society. Great to have ya back Jim! Keep this up!