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Inside Amy Schumer returns with new and old ways of looking at things, and sometimes, just stuff Amy and her writers find funny. Take the first sketch, for example, “Dye Another Day.” You could make some sort of point about societal expectations of women’s beauty products, or the ridiculous unreality of hair dye or other cosmetics commercials. But I think the point is that the juxtaposition between the serious tone of a criminal on the run and a silly hair commercial is just amusing, if not hilarious. After that, there was the legitimately deep sketch.
In the sketch “Amy’s Latest Dating Snafu,” Amy faces an interesting form of passive aggressive sexism. When she tells a guy at a party that’s hitting on her (he asks if she wants a drink), Amy responds honestly that she has a boyfriend. Instantly the guy takes offense, calling her arrogant and not that attractive. When it happens again, she feels pressure to be “polite” and not “arrogant”. It’s the perfect absurdist escalation on this sort of struggle, which is difficult to comprehend. Of course the guy reacts that way, because he’s hurt by the rejection and lashes out in response. And of course Amy feels like she’s being forced to put aside her own feelings for societal pressures.
The ridiculous escalation continued, with Amy mumbling “Yerp” to a proposal and holding back. Finally when her new husband is dying, Amy tells him the truth. And hilariously, the guy instantly tells her to “Slow your role” because he was just using her as a beard, all while vaguely Beauty & the Beast style music plays. I was wondering about her actual boyfriend, and when he shows up with her drink, still the same age, I thought it was a funny way to end it. Unfortunately the other sketches weren’t to this level.
The “Foam” sketch is nice, a sort of minimalist vibe without dialogue, but it didn’t really seem to have much to say other than being kind of cute. Although I did like the capper with Amy asking on the street if the other girl read flirtation into that sort of thing. With the whole “Me neither” and the subtle look away, it’s more subtle than usual for Amy Schumer. The “Princess Amy” sketch was silly and okay, with Tim Gunn shoved in for some reason. I mean he was fine, but I was hoping to get a bit more on the skewed Disney perspective, but although it started with cartoon birds, Disney style narration, coloring, and music, it ended in a typical sketch way. Not as interesting.
The final sketch dragged a bit, and the only part I really liked was when Amy says “Are they okay?” after therapist Kathy Najimy says her parents died. It’s really hard sometimes not to say that. The “Amy Goes Deep” segment was interesting, I guess. I’m not exactly familiar with Magic Johnson outside of his failed Fox talk show and MAD TV‘s frequent jabs at him, so I’m really not familiar with his son. Compared to other interviews she’s had, not a standout.
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