This year’s best comedy specials tended to be the ones that feel like they have some urgency behind their existence. Read kvanaren's list of the top ten
to help cushion the past few years’ disruption. Most importantly, the year’s best specials tended to be the ones that feel like they have some urgency behind their existence, a pent-up energy of needing to capturemoment. That thrumming sense of inner purpose makes it easier for a special to transcend the peculiarities of any given moment — and when there’s something specific to say, it’s easier to assume that there’s no need for sourdough-related throat-clearing.
In it, Okatsuka uses a story about someone trying to break into her home as a way to pull together all kinds of material about herself, her family, and her comic sensibility. By using it as a framework for how she reacts to things, what her husband is like, where she lives, what she likes, and what she wants, the intruder story becomes a canny way to explore all of these facets of who Okatsuka is as a comedian.
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