Jen Kirkman (JenKirkman) is at the top of her game on her new album OK, Gen-X, discussing everything from smoking indoors to pervasive sexism. Read theclaremartin's review.
with a period joke that gets derailed halfway through. She uses inclusive language to refer to people who menstruate, and during the bit calls out Dave Chappelle’sas well as Netflix’s tolerance of his shitty views. As the moment unfolds, she riffs on the audience’s reaction, as well as her own, in a move that shows just what an absolute pro she is. Kirkman is in command of the room for the entirety of the show, her captivating presence extending to wherever fans at home are listening in from.
Her first five minutes contains another dig at Netflix, taking shot at their willingness to let sexual assaulters go on apology tours via the streaming platform. Kirkman has two Netflix comedy specials to her name, but according to a press release for, studio execs claimed that “men in America would not laugh at her jokes.
Kirkman’s best moments during the album focus on her generation, Gen-Xers , and how they’ve been wrongly maligned by Zoomers and younger Millennials. But her bits don’t come from a place of bitterness or condescension towards those who deem her rich or old or a slacker merely because she’s over 40. Sure, she might joke about a 20-something not knowing about car cigarette lighters , but ultimately she wants camaraderie between all of us who’ve been fucked over by Boomers.
Kirkman also takes an opportunity to discuss an encounter with Louis C.K. that dogged her for a large part of her career. While she wasn’t one of the women C.K. masturbated in front of, he did ask if he could jerk off in her presence. In the past, Kirkman’sfor merely saying that an unnamed male comedian’s unseemly reputation kept her from working with him . She’s so incredibly brave for including this bit in her set, but doubtless she’s fed up after years of receiving hate from both C.K.
Kirkman mentions multiple times throughout the record that she’s quitting comedy. Thankfully, she’s not disappearing from the limelight altogether; it sounds like she’s retiring from touring, but will continue to run her podcasts, as well as write comedy in other capacities . And thank god for that, because Kirkman’s talent is undeniable in
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