Jerrod Carmichael: Rothaniel (TV Special 2022)

Jerrod Carmichael: Rothaniel (TV Special 2022). Jerrod Carmichael: Rothaniel: Directed by Bo Burnham. With Jerrod Carmichael. Features Jerrod Carmichael in a standup comedy show at the legendary Blue Note Jazz Club in New York City.

“Can a performer be quietly electric?u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI believe so. Jerrod Carmichael is so real and raw here I was tempted, towards the end, to lace my fingers over my eyes and hold my breath in suspense.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIn u0026#39;Rothaniel,u0026#39; director Bo Burnham perfectly sets the mood with a long opening shot of Carmichael gradually coming into focus walking along the street under a light snow before entering a dim, hushed Blue Note.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe opening, the stage set, Carmichaelu0026#39;s demeanor-all spoke of what was to come even before he opened with, u0026quot;I want to talk about secrets.u0026quot;u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eFor 57 minutes that felt like a lightning strike eternity, Carmichael spilled, interwoven with jokes, very funny commentary, amidst a two-way conversation with the crowd that made his bare intimacy much warmer than just stand-up meat. Long-held family secrets, personal secrets, real fear.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe fact that he mayu0026#39;ve fought tears toward the end (I cried briefly), to me, only burnishes the fact that Carmichael is funny as hell here. If you have ever been estranged from a parent, or hit with family secrets so deep they made you question who you are, you may just laugh even harder. I did.”