Sean McCarthy

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Comedy Critic at Decider

Host at The Comic's Comic Presents Last Things First

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John Oliver: No More ‘Slippery Slope’-This Is Trump Fascism

2 days ago | thedailybeast.com | Sean McCarthy

After multiple warnings from the president’s opponents and months of chaos from Trump’s second administration, John Oliver believes the moment has finally arrived. “When everyone was warning about a slippery slope to authoritarianism under Trump, this is it,” Oliver declared in his Sunday monologue on Last Week Tonight. “Because masked government agents grabbing people off the streets and deporting them without due process is authoritarianism.
John Oliver: No More ‘Slippery Slope’—This Is Trump Fascism | Flipboard

2 days ago | flipboard.com | Sean McCarthy

10 hours agoThe parade must go on, and the Army sidestepped a major crisis of image and messaging. The Army’s 250th birthday parade was not the grand military spectacle that many anticipated, and for that Americans can breathe a momentary, measured sigh of relief. It was a family-friendly conclusion to a …
Father' On Hulu, A Comedian Who Remains Cheerful Despite Her 'This American Life' Immigrant Story

4 days ago | decider.com | Sean McCarthy

This is not a Father’s Day special, although Atsuko Okatsuka does delve into why she and her father were estranged for so many years. No, the comedian in her first special for Hulu, wants us to know to stop referring to her as “Mother,” because she’s “Father” in her relationships with her family and her fans. The Gist: Oktasuka’s debut HBO special in 2022, The Intruder, earned her many critical kudos and new fans around the world.
John Oliver Zings Trump-Musk Feud’s ‘Big Real Housewife Energy’

1 week ago | thedailybeast.com | Sean McCarthy

John Oliver described the feud between President Donald J. Trump and Elon Musk that exploded all over social media last week as having “big Real Housewife energy,” and echoed Andy Cohen’s suggestion, wherein the Bravo TV host and executive wrote in all caps on X: “LET ME HOST THE REUNION.”“Setting aside that Trump being in the Epstein files is not a bombshell.
Stream It Or Skip It: 'Jerrod Carmichael: Don't Be Gay' on HBO Max, the comedian's follow-up hour to his Emmy-winning 'Rothaniel'

3 weeks ago | decider.com | Sean McCarthy

After coming out as gay in his previous HBO special Rothaniel, and then putting all of his sexual business out there in a reality series for HBO last year, where does Jerrod Carmichael go from here? The Gist: Jerrod Carmichael won an Emmy for his 2022 stand-up special, Rothaniel. Critics were decidedly more split over the success of his follow-up project, Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show.
Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Jerrod Carmichael: Don’t Be Gay’ on HBO Max, The Comedian’s Follow-Up Hour To His Emmy-winning ‘Rothaniel’

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Sean McCarthy

After coming out as gay in his previous HBO special Rothaniel, and then putting all of his sexual business out there in a reality series for HBO last year, where does Jerrod Carmichael go from here? JERROD CARMICHAEL: DON’T BE GAY: STREAM IT OR SKIP IT? The Gist: Jerrod Carmichael won an Emmy for his 2022 stand-up special, Rothaniel. Critics were decidedly more split over the success of his follow-up project, Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show.
Stream It Or Skip It: 'Mike Birbiglia: The Good Life' on Netflix, where the comedian reflects on being a father, a son, and meeting Pope Francis

3 weeks ago | decider.com | Sean McCarthy

Mike Birbiglia has mined his medical, emotional and existential crises for long-form comedic storytelling for the better part of two decades. This time, however, the stakes feel somehow more vital as the comedian confronts his father’s mortality, his own inadequacies as a father, and a chance meeting with the Holy Father of the Roman Catholic Church. Good thing comedy comes in threes, right?
Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Mike Birbiglia: The Good Life’ On Netflix, Where The Comedian Reflects On Being A Father, A Son, And Meeting Pope Francis

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Sean McCarthy

Mike Birbiglia has mined his medical, emotional and existential crises for long-form comedic storytelling for the better part of two decades. This time, however, the stakes feel somehow more vital as the comedian confronts his father’s mortality, his own inadequacies as a father, and a chance meeting with the Holy Father of the Roman Catholic Church. Good thing comedy comes in threes, right? MIKE BIRBIGLIA: THE GOOD LIFE: STREAM IT OR SKIP IT?
Stream It Or Skip It: 'Pee-Wee As Himself' On HBO Max, The Actor Who Sacrificed His Ego For His Alter-Ego

3 weeks ago | decider.com | Sean McCarthy

The world knew and loved Pee-wee Herman for more than four decades, but how much did anyone know the man behind the child-like character in the gray suit and red bow tie? Just before he died in 2023, Paul Reubens allowed director Matt Wolf to sit him down for more than 40 hours of sometimes joyful, sometimes somber and sometimes contentious recollections. The first part takes us from his childhood up to the surprising box-office success of 1985’s Pee-wee’s Big Adventure.
Stream It Or Skip It: 'Pee-Wee As Himself' On HBO Max, The Actor Who Sacrificed His Ego For His Alter-Ego

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Sean McCarthy

19 hours agoPee-wee Herman and the Cost of Dividing Yourself in TwoA new HBO documentary shows how the performer Paul Reubens came to resent his iconic alter ego. One of the pivotal turns in Paul Reubens’s life happened years before Pee-wee Herman, years before the “Playhouse,” years before the arrests.

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