From Robert Scucci
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Having children and getting older is often the death breed of the career of a stand-up comedian, but Bill Burr proves that he still has a lot of meaningful material in front of him, which became clear when the latest Hulu specials were released. Bill Burr: Dead Years. After he was based on the anger after his legendary Philadelphia-Rant in 2006, it was only a matter of time for Bill Burr because, as he puts it in his special, at the age he is too young to die for natural reasons, but at any moment if he does not learn how to open his anger or emotions or to open his emotions.
Although Bill Burr received a healthy amount of criticism Paper tiger And Live at Red RocksIn retrospect, I thought about the fact that his comedy was in a transition period while taking these specials, which was wonderful Dead years fall.
Older, wiser, still angry
Bill Burr is now 56 years old with two children under the age of 10 and is still more cynical than ever before Dead years fallBut fatherhood has changed him for the better because he is admittedly an old father and wants to live long enough to grow up his children.
Burr shows his teeth through its devastating comment on modern media consumption and is further policyAnd is caught in the middle of two extremes that make him never go to social media or to turn on the news.
He turns the mirror to his audience and leans on how absurdly it is that so many people digest media from the 24/7 news cycle so that they can be in a constant state of intellectual agony without actually looking for solutions for the source of their collective outrage.
Unexpected, but insightful self -observation
Since Paper tiger When I saw his publication in 2019, I felt that Bill Burr would eventually find enough solid material for a solid material Dead years fall after 2022 as return to the form Live at Red Rocks His comedy in a similar, but somewhat lackluster direction. What we experienced was a transition from an aggressive and volatile Everyyman railing in the world, the considerations of a subdued and introspective family bird, which made peace with himself, without losing his personality or meaning for humor on the way.
Bill Burr speaks for the first time about his depression and sobriety in a comedy special in a comedy special than ever before in Dead years fallBut commands the crowd with his willingness to make fun of himself and how his family life has changed his life for the better because he is ready to let go of some things.
Ready to point out his personal mistakes, as he recognized his own latent homophobic tendencies until he was asked for a physiotherapy session between a male and female masseur Dead years fall In the sense in which he still learns things about himself that he does not like and leave the world to a better place than it was before he was born.
Streaming killed years on Hulu
If you are a Bill Burr fan of the old school, but have your reservations about observing Dead years fall Due to the obvious shifts that his humor has made over the years when his personal life changed for the better, I can best sell it if I could sell it to you I’m sorry you feel like thiswhich covers many of the same topics, but at 11 years of maturation between the two titles to offer a unique perspective.
Back to back, I’m sorry you feel like thisWhat focuses on the early anger of a childless, cynical comedian Bill Burr: Dead YearsThe comedian in one piece with a stable home and a family dynamics and the same evil sense of humor, for which we know and love it, comes out in his center on the other.
Bill Burr: Dead Years Is a Hulu original special and can be streamed with an active subscription.
