New to Netflix was Dana Carvey’s special, “Straight White Male, 60“. You may recognize him from the hilarious film “Wayne’s World” or the infamous “Master of Disguise” or his array of skits from Saturday Night Live. Either way, Carvey has a knack for comedy.
I didn’t quite know what to expect from this special because I have never seen Carvey do standup. I found out about this during an interview he had with Jimmy Fallon and he talked about his special. He mentioned that it had a lot to do with micro-impressions. I was unaware of this term but if you’re a comedian, a micro-impression is doing impressions of well-known public figures and having them do everyday things. For example, Carvey did impressions of Scar Face during Thanksgiving dinner.
Now, this standup didn’t have much material that was controversial. In fact, there were some points during it where I was in fact pretty bored and decided to play games on my phone or check my email while this was on in the background. It was a very clean show other than a few f-bombs here and there but nothing that my mom couldn’t handle.
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