Tig Notaro is brilliant, probably one of the best stand-up comics today. She rose to fame in 2012 after Louis CK released a recording of her now-legendary set performed at Largo in Los Angeles in which she joked about the cancer diagnosis she had received the week before. She took a very dark experience in her life and shared it with her audience through comedy. Her style of comedy is deadpan, personal storytelling, and is refreshingly unexpected. She makes comedy out of the slightest things--the best scene in this stand-up special is one in which Tig imitates the sound of a clown horn repeatedly much to the delight of one particular audience member. The premise of this stand-up special is that Tig and fellow comedian John Dore tour the country playing in the homes and backyards of regular people. They perform at arms length from the audience , forcing a level of intimacy that feeds their comic genius. This is simultaneously a comedy special and a road trip documentary. I understand that Tig needed a partner to tour with, but I honestly think she could have carried the show all by herself, after all her sets were funnier than Dore's.
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