2012 · comedy
Jim Gaffigan: Mr. Universe
Directed by Jay Karas1h 17m2012
Funnyman Jim Gaffigan offers up his unique take on everything from Disney World to overweight whales in this live show from Washington, D.C.
Our read: Jim Gaffigan: Mr. Universe (2012) reads as a cosy, breathless, grounded comedy entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Cosy, breathless, gentle comedy, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- cosy
- kinetic
- gentle
- intimate
- funny
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How Jim Gaffigan feels to watch.
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“You want clean observational stand-up from Jim Gaffigan on everyday absurdities.”
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