Bruce Willis goes from "Die Hard" to dead on arrival as some of the biggest names in entertainment serve up punches of their own to Hollywood's go-to action star. And with Roast Master Joseph Gordon-Levitt at the helm, nobody is leaving the dais unscathed.
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I gave three stars. One for Dom Irrera, one for Ed Norton, and one for Jeff Ross.To start with - Joseph Gordon-Levitt was an absolute tragedy of a host. Compared to Seth McFarlane for example, he didn't come across as funny. He may be a good actor, but being a host of a roast means more than acting. His act (I even refure to call it his hosting style) was very unnatural and didn't feel funny at all. Nikki Glaser was very weak. She was not bad at Rob Lowe roast, but here it felt like she wants to go the Amy Schumer way - talk about sex and private parts and pretend how funny such talk is.Ed Norton was a nice surprise for me. Yes, he did talk about himself quite a bit. But that delivery had a storyline tied to his friendship with Bruce Willis and therefore justified. It felt very personal - which is how these roasts used to be years ago.It's a shame that Comedy Central Roasts are now more about the star power and less about the actual comedy. People on the dais don't know each other, so it's quite predictable what will they say about each other (who did not expect North Korea being mentioned when Dennis Rodman was there?). With each next roast there are fewer actual comedians so I won't be surprised if next year we will have all A-list celebrity dais. Plus Jeff Ross.
When non-comedians try to be funny :( You could literally when it was a writers joke being performed. It was the weakest roast of all. Kevin Pollak with his 30 years old impressions. Jeff Ross reduced to 3 minutes. Nothing shocking from fear to be fired or #tagged. It was terrible.
I used to love the Comedy Central Roasts, would stay up late to watch them growing up. Having mean-spirited comedians like Anthony Jeselnik and Greg Giraldo worked for what the Roasts were trying to do but lately it's become "get the Roastee to have their friends and a few random comics" on and you can tell nothing feels organic. Half these roasters bombed and you can tell the PC Police were in the back of all their minds. Jeff Ross killed it as usual but other than that, I'd say this ranks among one of the weaker Roasts. Go back to the basics and get established comic talents, or get a true A-list celeb to center on. Otherwise maybe let these Roasts die...hard.
First of all Dom Irrera and Jeff Ross were great in this one. The best set of Ross in years. Irrera was very funny and harsh. Great set from him.Nikki Glaser was ok, i liked her Rob Lowe set more. Martha Stewart was funnier at the Bieber roast but had a few good jokes here as well. Demi Moore's set was ok too. Not extremely funny but it was ok.I didn't like the Cybil Sheperd, Dennis Rodman, Lil Rel Howery and Kevin Pollak sets. I didn't think they were funny or clever.6/10, not the worst roast but certainly not the best.