If you end up totally perplexed by impolite workers, self-checkout lanes and the in any other case degeneration of society, Roy Wooden Jr. feels your ache. His new comedy particular, Roy Wooden Jr: Lonely Flowers, explores how the shortage of connection has despatched society spiraling and why a few of us would slightly be alone than among the many lots.
Shot in Washington, D.C., Wooden opens the present with a easy assertion: “We ain’t gonna make it.” Via considerate observations, like questioning in the event you’ve ever gotten caught within the site visitors of a protest or getting life classes from The Wonderful Bubble Man, he takes on every thing from COVID-19, the January 6 rebellion and the breaking of white individuals over a Black Little Mermaid.
Wooden’s pinpointed jokes make you chuckle, however he additionally critically factors out the necessity for human interplay. A joke about how gross sales cashiers used to have pleasant conversations with prospects, which may hold potential mass shooters from firing up their weapons, is an excellent commentary on how one easy act of kindness can snowball into lives saved.
He additionally drops pearls of knowledge for us all: “It’s a must to be intentional about [your] happiness,” he states, by noting every thing you do in a day that makes you’re feeling pleasure and recreate that time and again.
Smart phrases that we will all use in 2025.
Roy Wooden Jr: Lonely Flowers, is now streaming on Hulu.
