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The humor isn’t for everyone, but your tastes appreciate plenty of raunchiness, sex, and racial innuendo, pick this one up.
Def Comedy Jam: D.L. Hughley features all of the 2008 episodes, with both veteran and new comics. Host D.L. Hughley starts off the show with a short routine. Hughley’s brand of humor runs to the dry side and is quite different from most of the comics, with bits on politics, family life, and racial differences.
You can expect most comics to use the word p***y, along with several forms of the f and the n-word. In fact, one of the special features parodies the notion that the p-word and f-word must be used a minimum number of times in each episode. Children looking for new words to impress their friends should not be around when watching this show.
Other themes that abound: “I’m not African-American, I’m black.” “Women don’t understand my needs,” “White/Korean/Mexican folks, are different from black folks because…”
While the common themes did get tiresome, a few standout performances that are not to be missed:
- Damon Jr. feels sorry for pigeons but finds a use for them.
- Vanessa Fraction compares “death-row p***y” to her own “community-service p***y.”
- Gina Yashere’s hackney-accented impression of “ghetto-speak” and MTV Cribs is fresh material.
- Rasheed’s description and impression of his “Uncle Dope” is both endearing and hilarious.
- But my favorite was Malik S., whose material features much of the same, but his polish had me laughing out loud throughout.
Special features include two routines by Patrice O’Neal commenting on America, two parodies on current black television, and a skit poking fun at Def Jam’s minimum quotas on the words “f**k” and “p***y.”
For those that like the unexpected and cleverness in comedians, pass this one by.
