Catherine Cohen: The Twist...? She's Gorgeous

The Twist...? She's Cringeworthily Mediocre

I wanted to like this special. I'm always excited to see new stand-up, and I love when a good-comic can defy the untrue stereotype that "women aren't funny".. this was not one of those times. This comic presents as an overly narcissistic, desperate for your attention, cabaret act that feels like a knock-off Amy Schumer during the sub-par joke sections and a wanna-be Bo Burnham during the uncatchy/unfunny songs. There's even a poetry reading bit that failed to land even half as hard as Burnham's nearly 10 years ago.

The comic's lack of self-awareness is really what pushes this special to become "cringe". She'll tell you she's a fabulous singer after she sings a greeting to the audience and they don't clap (as they shouldn't). This comic is not a strong enough singer or comedian to blend the two professional performances together while remaining arrogant. A little self-deprecation toward her singing voice would have made an enormous impact on how she's perceived.

I believe if she sets the music aside until she's polished the comedy, we could see a really funny second special from her. Unfortunately her potential was squandered this time by trying to juggle too many pieces.

If you like Amy Schumer and don't know who Bo Burnham is, you might like this special, everyone else can pass.

Her voice is beautiful but I didn't laugh the whole time. She briefly talks about one thing and when you expect more then she changes to another topic. Somehow I feel sad for her experience.

As a former standup comic myself I believe stand up comedy is extremely personal to me. I believe it is one of our last honest forms of honest entertainment. I have heard many times the stereotype that "women aren't funny" and I personally know that isn't true. So I always keep a look out for comics I haven't heard before.

This comedy special is abysmal. Laughs are few and far between. The comedy is fake woke. Schumer style forced sexual jokes, to the lowest common denominator. It is also peppered with songs that bring everything to a screeching halt. Disappointing that this is what Netflix gets behind. Skip this one .

People are just scared of women that are loud and funny and opinionated and upfront about their experiences in the world

as a woman in my early twenties I feel really lucky to have a person like her to look up to and can't wait to see what she does next.

While it's not a barrel of laughs, I enjoyed the quirky originality of Catherine Cohen's song-and- standup performance. Not sure I would watch another of her shows, but as a one-off, it was a good hour's worth of entertainment.