Lewis Black: The Carnegie Hall Performance

With my particularly surly mood today, I needed someone who could rival my own rage, so I brought out one of my favourite Jews, Mr. Lewis Black.

On his latest comedy disc, Black takes jabs at the usual political idiots, social events and world events, gay marriage, and more.

The whole performance is not, I think, one of his better ones, but he hits a solid stride towards the end of the second disc, managing to connect from Gay Marriage issues to Terry Schiavo. Which, you have to admit, is a decent leap.

As Eddie Izzard points out, any comedian coming on stage is a "shit begininng." It's awkward, you're on a large stage, you've got to warm up a big audience. So it feels it starts slow.

Some of his better points come out during bits about Information (there's too much, and yet, simoultaneously, none due to the news channels), That's Fucked Up (How the President's facial expressions never match what he's talking about), and Terry Schiavo (the absurdity of the whole situation).

In the End: If you're going to listen to Lewis Black, I'd suggest starting with Rules of Enragement or The White Album. All of Lewis' stuff is excellent, but even in a list of excellence, some are better than others, and Carnegie starts off a lot slower than I have come to expect from Lou.

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