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This season of Inside Amy Schumer was mixed if mostly good. There was a killer season opener and a brilliant satire of 12 Angry Men which is a must see. But the other episodes have been a lot more hit and miss. This finale was also a mix of good and meh, but I enjoyed it for the most part.
At first there was Adventures in Cunnilingus, which was one giant silly metaphor. It gave me a chuckle or two at the skeleton with a map, the “Long Russian Novel” Amy was reading, and the musical similarity to 2001: A Space Odyssey. But that old age ending was a little too similar to her sketch about “I have a boyfriend,” and that was a lot better. Usually there’s an absurdist sketch to open the show, but this one didn’t quite hit for me.
Next, there was a silly thing with the Cockblock chicken man (Jon Glaser). A few funny lines here, and I did like the runner on CB giving out T-shirts after he burned someone. At first I thought the sketch was a take on the concept of cockblocking, but it got so ridiculous I couldn’t help but like it as what it was: stupid nonsense. Funny but pointless. Which is a bit of theme for all the sketches this episode.
A short but okay sketch followed this up, with Amy playing someone so attracted to a guy with a British accent, it literally doesn’t matter about anything else. I liked the cockney-ish slang — “gormless old bird,” “random tosh of some daft cow,” and of course, “you poor balmy slag.” I laughed a few times at it, but it was also surprisingly reductive for this show. That said, Amy’s hilariously failed attempt to sing “My Favorite Things” at the end was the funniest part of the whole thing.
Then there was the “Smile Guy,” played by Jon Glaser again. He’s a funny guy, but this sketch wasn’t quite there. Again, there was something that almost had substance, something about the “who wore it best” and the forced smiles of celebrities. But instead it was just silly, which is fine, except that it better be funny. And it was mostly that.
I won’t get into the Bridget Everett performance, because it’s not my thing, but instead I’ll talk about the final sketch: “Three Buttholes.” This one definitely worked in its absurdist way, but I guess … I guess I was hoping for more from this episode, because I know the show is capable of more. The season started so epic, it seems a bit of a letdown the way it went. I’ll tell you one thing, I’m really hoping Amy and Bill Hader’s new movie Trainwreck is good, and I bet it will be. Until next season!
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