Now don't get me wrong, there are a few good comedians/sets. Going in I knew Margaret Cho, Trixie & bob, Matteo, Wanda etc weren't going to disappoint. However those 15 mins aside, this didn't feel like a comedy special given all the ghastly LA posturing. Every other act decided to take time to give a gratuitous speech simply saying trans rights are under attack and the world is terrible so they can get an audience cheer (ironic given despite this being a lgbtq+ special, there isn't a single trans comedian in sight), throw in the word 'queer' a few times then do lackluster sets with some regressive viewpoints social media has told them they should be parroting, and you have the rest of the hour plus this takes to get through. A comedy special on the back of not being straight, or not being both strictly cis and straight in Eddie's case, needs actual comedy. For instance Eddie talked about doing drugs and defecating themself and Mae explained 'gender' to us using Beauty and the Beast before saying how horrible Dave Chapelle and Ricky Gervais are and how she hopes she explained it to them and they all kiss eachother. Is the idea of straight men going gay meant to be funny? I think we all would have been a lot better off keeping this to half the comedians, and doubling their time.
My ultimate advice would be to just watch a margaret cho special and call it a day.
