Adam DeVine can't grown past his (admittedly infectious) boyishness on his disappointing Netflix stand-up special
, was a conscious coupling of frat-bro enthusiasm with theatre-kid execution. Watching Devine onstage has always felt like if the kid who got suspended for throwing firecrackers at stuff got cast as the lead inBest Time of Our Lives, is at its most successful when it taps into that. Unfortunately, these moments are concentrated pretty heavily in the early minutes of the show.
Unfortunately, that boyishness is what ultimately overwhelms DeVine’s comedy, no matter how well it’s performed. “In case you’re wondering,” says DeVine when describing performing comedy with an interpreter present, “the word blowjob in sign language? Exactly what you think it is.” DeVine also posits something called ‘windsexualism,’ which is where people try to have sex with, well, the wind. A dumb idea, he says, but one that these days might as well be a thing.
In fact, DeVine’s tendency to smile, shake his head and mutter “stupid…” after so many jokes is emblematic of a big problem with the hour. The jokes aren’t really stupid, they’re just sort of unambitious, and the mantra the phrase becomes begins to feel like it’s telling us we should be having a silly, good time.
, and he performs at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York. You’d be doing him a real solid by following him on Twitter
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