4/5
Right On Time
57 Mins. Starring: Sebastian Maniscalo. Director: Paul Dugdale. On: Hulu & Disney +.
Ain't it always the way? You wait all day for a comedian to make you laugh, and then two come along all at once. On the same day that Kevin Hart returns to Netflix for his sensational special, 'Acting My Age', the great Sebastian Maniscalo jumps ship to Hulu and Disney Plus after giving Netflix the hilarious likes of 'Is It Me', 'Stay Hungry' and 'Aren't You Embarrassed'. What?! Is the 'Green Book' actor supposed to be doing this for free? Hart opened his return to Netflix with an all woman quartet's overture in Miami. Here, Maniscalo enters a sold-out Chicago stadium on a Ducati. Screw your stereotypes. And he has something to say about the Chi-town folk residing outside. Did the wind make their faces this way?
Maniscalo's mannerisms are as spot-on and unmatched as his outstanding observations. Returning to his roots in Illinois, Kevin Hart may offend the greatest of all-time Michael Jordan, with the baggy jeans of his special, but with 'It Ain't Right', Sebastian brings the old United Center house, that the Chicago Bull called home, all the way down as he raises to the stage with a microphone in his fist, held above his head in pride. The same pride that pulls off that baseball jacket, that's anything but minor league. I'm not joining in with Kev, Mike, what you did with baseball, and why, was actually beautiful. Number 23 has a statue outside of this center, but after what Maniscalo does unanimously with United, he deserves his jersey up there in the rafters with all those banners. Or at least a retirement of that jacket.
The round stage for a comic that's sold out Madison Square Garden is perfect for a man, who, like Kevin acting his age, needs to watch his MSG. This fiftysomething fellow comedian contemporary talks about how he looks now compared to the man in the mirror, twenties, going from Dorian Gray to Frankenstein. Although, we think this silver fox has still got it. Besides, I've just turned forty, but the party left my hairline a long time ago. Mirrors? I wish I was a vampire right now. And don't talk to me about the pale skin. Or get Sebastian started on teeth. I guess we all can't be Jeff Bezos. But what Maniscalo says about Amazon is prime-time viewing. Perhaps they need to sign him up for his next streaming comedy. Because this is better, albeit absolutely hilarious, product placement than that Ice Cube 'War Of The Worlds' disaster. For all the stuff you're pausing on TV now, this is one to actually watch and tell people about. The comedian who starred in the semi-autobiographical film, 'About My Father' with Robert De Niro, is in anything but a "slow decay". Ain't that right? TIM DAVID HARVEY.
Further Filming: Sebastian Maniscalo - 'Is It Me', Sebastian Maniscalo 'Stay Hungry', Kevin Hart- 'Acting My Age'
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