🎤netflix specials i'd make a comic sit through
not what's trending, what actually teaches you something about structure or timing
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1
tight 5 energy stretched to an hour and it never sags, watch it for the act-outs alone
2
everyone talks about the ending but the setup in act one is a clinic on tension and release
3
Bo Burnham: Inside
barely stand-up, still homework. shows you what happens when someone actually edits their own special instead of just filming a set
4
Ali Wong: Baby Cobra
5
Mo Amer: Mohammed in Texas
less quoted than the others on this list but the structure around home and Houston is doing more work than the jokes get credit for
6
Iliza Shlesinger: Elder Millennial
7
Chris Rock: Selective Outrage
killed it on crowd work, worth it just for how he handles a heckler-adjacent moment
8
Kevin Hart: Irresponsible
9
Dave Chappelle: The Bird Revelation
controversial pick for a homework list, I know. still one of the better examples of a comic just talking for 75 minutes and holding a room
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