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Hes a masterful comic, and a ranter nonpareil, but his perspective is a limited one.
As Lorne Michaels has a contact or two, he managed to convinceJack White to fill in.
As per tradition, this weeks sketches are ranked here from best to worst.
So, yeah, as both of them confess between jokes, this weeks Update is a little dark.
For a national audience on a major data pipe, this opener feels unsparing and confrontational.
It is also perfectly aligned with Burrs stand-up, and exactly what fans might have expected.
But as always, Burrs routine is an exercise in perspective.
These last two weeks, the writers have gone off the rails a bit in the cold opens.
While it seems like an attempt to keep things unpredictable, the sketches only end up feeling silly.
Its weird and playful, but not exactly cutting-edge political satire.
Sam Adams
As a Bostonian, Burr must have known the obligatory Boston bit was coming.
Casey Affleck went to Dunkin, so Burr gets the Sam Adams spon-con.
Anyone waiting to see Burr unleash his Boston id wont be disappointed.
Once things get rolling, there arent a lot of twists.
And who cant recognize a bit of Benji in their favorite actors virtue-signaling tweets or videos?
Still, after the sketchs dynamic is announced, it feels a bit like its on rails.
Not even a cameo from Jason Momoa generates enough magic to justify it.
The sketch starts off feeling a bit canned and doesnt gain any traction from there.
