| Netflix | Season Premiere Date: April 25, 2023 |
Summary:
The third Netflix stand-up comedy special from John Mulaney was filmed in February at Boston's Symphony Hall.
Genre(s):
Comedy, Events & Specials
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The Daily Beast
Apr 25, 2023
The 80-minute special contains some of his darkest and most compelling material to date. The laughs may come ever-so-slightly fewer and farther between than in his previous work, but Mulaney’s willingness to peel back the curtain on his inner turmoil in a way he’s never done before adds a new depth that, by the end, only makes the special funnier.
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May 24, 2023
Apr 26, 2023
It’s funny. Mulaney has very much still got it. But what makes this latest hour particularly interesting is how Mulaney has managed to walk the line between being entertaining (it’s a stand-up special, so there have to be jokes) and acknowledging that what we are seeing when we watch John Mulaney on stage is not John Mulaney the person; it’s John Mulaney the character.
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Apr 26, 2023
“Baby J” is terrific, but it isn’t that [warts-and-all version]. The suit is back (this time a rich maroon). The hair is back. The accent is back. So, for the most part, is the armor. It’s clear this wasn’t always so. The show in its current iteration is extremely funny, but traces remain of a version that dug a little deeper. One senses that Mulaney retreated to safe (and merely funny) pastures.
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Apr 25, 2023
At moments, or from a slight remove, Baby J appears to be an excoriating act of self-disclosure full of details and scenes of abject emotional lows that invite descriptions like brutal and honest. Up close, though, it looks like a comedy special that cannot help but rebuild every single wall it wants to break down.
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Apr 30, 2023
John Mulaney returns to standup this time with a very different tone and demeanor although he still has the charm.
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May 1, 2023
The weakest of his specials for me, but still a lot of fun. I think the drug addiction stuff ran a bit long. Where was the stuff about his divorce and baby with Olivia Munn? Glad he's doing better, though, and can laugh about it.
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Air Date: April 25, 2023
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