10 Best Netflix Comedy Specials Of 2020
4. Anthony Jeselnik - Fire In The Maternity Ward
Anthony Jeselnik is the master of the walk-and-drop, or the pull-and-reveal. From the first word - a calmly delivered "now..." left to hang in the air - Fire In The Maternity Ward is a smooth as silk delivery of nothing but exceptional oneliners...insanely dark, pitch black one liners.
Over the years Jeselnik has constructed an incredible on stage persona. It's basically as if Patrick Bateman decided to give up on the stock market - and all that killin' - and decided to take a whack at stand up instead...and kept killin' - couldn't resist, no apologies. The result of this is that Jeselnik can get away with jokes that any other comedian would instantly be on blast for, all thanks to his repulsive yet charming as hell supervillain persona.
Jeselnik's skill lies in his patience: he'll introduce a totally normal, everyday scenario, one we'll all be familiar with, and he'll often repeat parts of his setup to ramp up the tension and then the bombshell drops. It's the groan-laugh, you all know the groan-laugh. We'd give you a couple of examples like we did with the others but...Jesus, man, there's absolutely nothing we can print here, you'll just need to watch it.