.mariabamfoo's moving LateLateShow set about her mom might be the best filmed stand-up of the past two years, writes JesseDavidFox
Bamford on Corden. Photo: CBS Photo Archive/CBS via Getty Images When comedians do their first-late night set, they tend to play it safe. They stick with material that is designed to be introductory. The definitive example is Freddie Prinze’s first appearance on The Tonight Show in 1973, which turned him into a superstar overnight. “I come from two backgrounds,” the set starts. “Hungarian and Puerto Rican. I’m a Hungarican.
When it comes to topics audiences are sensitive about, nothing tightens people up like bringing up death at the wrong time. Literally, people clench as if to reflexively protect themselves. You know what might be considered the “wrong time”? While a pandemic that has killed over 6 million people is still killing thousands a day.
“My mom loved life,” starts the next joke. Loved. Remember, this audience probably doesn’t know Bamford and almost definitely doesn’t know her mom has died. This is how she tells them: subtly, gently. It’s a phrase you probably hear in 90 percent of eulogies, and this set is a eulogy. She respects the audience’s intelligence enough not to blurt out “MY MOM DIED!” and knows that would just get her performed sympathy.
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