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Jerrod Carmichael: Rothaniel
Is it a standup special, or a confessional? As of late it seems to be a trend for comics to get serious in their specials, in this case, it feels more like a serious talk with some laughs sprinkled throughout. Jerrod Carmichael has been one of my favorite voices in comedy for many years, from his short lived show, to his other specials, his evolution as a comic and performer has been fantastic. ROTHANIEL is no exception, and itโs simultaneously hard to watch and enthralling, as he bares his soul on stage. A really beautiful film.
Jerrod Carmichael: Rothaniel
"๐'๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐บ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ. ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ." Trauma dump as performance. The sentimental distance and refrain mixed with Levy's eye for the grain in film and keen eye on New England comfort creates this intimate experience. What an opener. Carmichael is skilled in his performance, his pauses, and knows when to drop left-field lines to rouse a crowd, keep them close as Levy's camera inches closer and closer to what feels like a friend to a friend, a confession, all from the heart. This surprised me. In the delicate way Carmichael unfolds himself. He uses vulnerability to break down toxic masculinity. I'm not surprised that Burnham decided to cut back to the comedy club window, watching snow fall against the outside world, leaving us to go back to reality a bit richer in human experience. "๐๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ, ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต'๐ด ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ... ๐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ. ๐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ."
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