Lil Rel Howery: Live in Crenshaw (TV Movie 2019)

Lil Rel Howery: Live in Crenshaw: Directed by Jerrod Carmichael. With Lil Rel Howery, Akua Willis, L.A. Youth Step Team. Lil Rel Howery draws on his personal experiences in his relatable, uproarious stand-up.

“Love me some Lilu0026#39; Rel and I dropped everything to watch this when I saw it was available. He has the type of humor that I have with my friends when just hanging out.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI also have to give him A LOT of respect for having an HBO Special in Crenshaw, making it available to fans in the inner city. But why they decided to record the special in a gym instead of an auditorium is beyond me. The setting was distracting with the crowd constantly in the shot and they had to adjust the lighting in the gym midway through to address the setting sun. It just seemed really amateurish.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBut for the show itself, there certainly were some parts that made me laugh out loud, but it was more to the silliness of what was being said, rather than laughing at the punchline of a bonafide, clever joke. If youu0026#39;re familiar with Lil Relu0026#39;s comedy, then you know heu0026#39;s notorious for laughing at his own jokes. And thereu0026#39;s nothing wrong with that at all and he has an infectious laugh for sure. But itu0026#39;s awwwwwwkward when heu0026#39;s laughing at stuff the crowd didnu0026#39;t find all that funny or laughing before he really gets the joke out.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSome of the u0026quot;charactersu0026quot; he used in this special were really just recycled characters from other specials just with different titles. In other words, it was just a mechanism to re-hash the better parts of other routines heu0026#39;s done. Fine for someone whou0026#39;s never seen his material before, but they were much better executed in the past than done here.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOne of my pet peeves with comedians is when they dwell on a joke too long ex. Telling a story and within that story, repeating a word phrase or sound over and over again. He did that a few times and it was just like ok man move on.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eLil Rel is hilarious, and heu0026#39;s got a lot of funny material out there, but for this being an HBO Special, this was horribly directed. And I dunno if maybe he had a bit too much to drink, but at times he either couldnu0026#39;t seem to focus or remember what he was trying to say, making the entire thing come off as disjointed.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eGave it a 5 for the genuine laugh out loud moments. Theyu0026#39;re definitely there and make this special worth it if youu0026#39;re bored and have some free time.”