For much of his new special, Shame the Devil, Michael Che is offering apologies and taking them back, giving explanations then rolling his eyes. Read Helen_E_Shaw's review
Michael Che in Shame the Devil. Photo: Netflix/YouTube It’s been five years since Michael Che released a Netflix special. Last time, the vibe was ecstatic: In Michael Che Matters, he bounced excitedly around a thrust stage, dipping his microphone stand like a dancer; a band kept his entrance and exit loud. “I think Hillary Clinton’s gonna win,” he told that amped-up, August 2016 crowd. “She’s a white lady. White women take whatever the fuck they want.
And I am happy because it makes Shame the Devil a refreshingly downbeat experience. I’ve heard of criticism offered more in sorrow than in anger, but Che’s latest is comedy offered that way. The brutal pace of Che’s Saturday Night Live co-head-writer job, the vaudeville rhythms of his HBO Max show, That Damn Michael Che — both gigs feel exhausting even to think about here in the pandemic’s long tail.
When he wants laughs, he gets them by riffing on creaky clichés, which is to say dependable material. Che goes deep on periods, and I think most of us had a tight five on that in high school. Did you know periods make broads tomatoes ladies irritable? Lest you think women are from Venus and that’s where he’s gonna leave it, Che starts with a long , soft section on penises. “I don’t know why men are so obsessed with their dicks,” he says.
His other dominant theme is criticism. To his infinite credit, Che does not mention “cancel culture” even when he’s addressing blowback. He doesn’t clap back at those who have criticized him , though he notes he has a dark sense of humor. Instead, he defends himself as well-meaning or swears ignorance. He claims he had never heard of “deadnaming” when he tried it on Caitlyn Jenner on SNL, and he says being called homophobic hurt him.
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