- Network: Netflix
- Series Premiere Date: Feb 25, 2020
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This performance is so raw, director Jason Orley leaves in not just the parts Davidson says he’d cut from the special, but also the aside the comic makes to him from onstage about a joke he wants left in, too.
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Alive From New York runs just under 50 minutes, and would have a chance at being decent if the New York comedian decided to cut it down to a solid half hour. Instead, he waffles on in a meandering way, never quite hitting his stride and certainly benefiting from a generous editor.
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Alive From New York runs only 49 minutes, but it still feels both as thin and padded as the marginally spiffed-up Davidson in his T-shirt, suit jacket, too-short dress pants, and sneakers.
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It’s not that there’s no appeal in the way Davidson performs the set. His shoulders are tight but his limbs are loose, and the comedy feels the same: anxious, jittery, but also casual, sliding haphazardly from idea to idea, shrugging when something doesn’t work and moving on. ... It’s too bad it still feels like a rough draft.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 1 out of 9
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Mixed: 2 out of 9
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Negative: 6 out of 9
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Jun 27, 2020
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Mar 9, 2020This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view.