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He watchedDeadwoodtwice, he says, then he went crazier than a barn full of clown pubes.
How would you verify they came only from clowns?
What, precisely, constitutes a full barn in this scenario?
What Ive done comedically, creatively, Oswalt says, I have opened the barn doors.
There is a wall of pubes.
And yes, its impressive, but youre right to go, You know what?
I bet that wall of pubes is a half an inch thick.
That joke is both fun and unfortunate.
Its a pleasant rabbit hole, and Oswalt finds twists in it.
He loops back and starts again from new angles.
That crowd-work section, though, feels like the most telling indicator of what exactlyWe All Screamwants to achieve.
How to follow Oswalt as he sits down at the edge of the stage?
How many faces to include?
None of it is especially memorable, but it does the job of being a comedy special.
It checks the box.
How promising to consider the comedy of prosecuting juvenile sex offenders!
But in the end, he only feints at it.
