Honestly I thought it was great while also agreeing with you. I wanted funny, I got introspection.

Still liked it. It was necessary for him I believe. I would like him to bring jokes to the next special. post comedy is award bait but annoying now

SNL monologue was pretty great as well

I'm not too familiar with his career, so maybe this hits different for Carmichael fans

but if comedy specials from now on are just comedians working through their trauma with the occasional audience member giving psychological advice then count me out

I'm not watching a comedy special for introspection, I want to laugh

Did people not already know he was gay? Lol

Dude admitted to sucking d*** in home movies i think

He told his mom he'd hooked up with dudes before. Doesn't mean he's gay though. Also I don't know anybody except me that watched those

first like 2/3 3/4 of this was fine

This was a vibe

The last 15 minutes weren't really funny but I still wanted to give this man a hug. One of the best stand-ups i've seen in years

We live in a society

Why these mf’s think they have the right to ask questions

I have a feeling they were planted there...

You saying this sarcastically or you really don’t know ??

I think its a legit possibility haha maybe Bo Burnhams idea

Okay, nah for real it is. I would like to think it’s not staged tho given the subject matter. The questions were annoying to me, what’d you think of the special ?

I loved it bro, you could tell it was personal for Jerrod. He was def baring his soul

I kinda feel this, Chappelle reading the Sparknotes from a pimp book will have disastrous consequences

I aint watched this yet but like everything in media, comedians are just a reflection of the times and

I mean look at the bullshit we've dealt with the last 2 years wit the pandemic and all the tragedies

the times just aren't that funny rn. Like you said, I hope he was able to heal. I actually enjoyed his tv show tbh.

nah this was hard

Watched it again. Fire

Exactly. Idk what ppl in this thread were talking. I was laughing hard as hell at parts. I laughed a lot given the subject matter.

Hot take, I'm tired of all the introspection specials or the I'm tryna make a statement here so let the funny take a backseat for a hot minute specials.

really great and super sincere, wow

Equal parts hilarious, devastating, and intensely personal

I just wish the headlines didn't spoil the big "secret"

I just realized the last joke that he tells in his 8 special is like a cliffhanger that leads into this one