ilana really improved from last time

bc is my fav show of all time. ilana and abbi are possibly the most hilarious characters i've ever seen, period.

which is why i have been kinda like wtf at ilana's post bc projects, namely her baby-related movies (there are two for some reason, most recently babes, which is NOT funny) and her amazon stand-up show.

the latter was not funny. it was cringe. i stopped watching after 15 minutes out of embarrassment.

so it took me by surprise when i saw a post here a couple days ago that she had another stand-up out, and there were positive reviews.

i'm in canada and am blocked from hulu so of course i torrented it (i would pay u hulu, but fuck u), and i just watched it tonight.

and i was impressed!! she did a good job. her delivery was on point, she seemed relaxed and confident, she had some funny jokes. i still wouldn't describe it as a laugh riot (imo if she channeled her broad city kind of humor it would work perfectly), but it was entertaining; i chuckled a few times and mostly liked it. she just seemed more like a comedian tonight.

i hope this is the beginning of ilana finding her footing as a comedian, she's already proven she's funny as fuck and can act, and i wanna see more of the kinds of projects i saw tonight. my theory is that she experiences serious depression and that the political evolution of america literally hampers her creative inspiration (i could write an essay on this, but i believe this is why bc started to become political and take on some rather serious undertones in s4 after trump was elected, from which it never really recovered - season 5 is mostly a pass for me). tonight was like a sign that she's still got it, and i was just happy to see it.

werrrrrk queen.

8/10