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This article reviews five new comedy specials from Ali Siddiq, Jim Norton, Beth Stelling, Vir Das, and David Drake, highlighting their unique styles and comedic approaches.

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6 Smart Comedy Specials for Labor Day Weekend

By Jason Zinoman

Aug. 29, 2025

Ali Siddiq, β€˜My Two Sons’ and β€˜Rugged’

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Ali Siddiq became an unlikely breakout comedian thanks to a four-part epic, β€œThe Domino Effect,” that turned tales of the drug trade and the justice system into dynamic comic storytelling. His two follow-up specials, released this summer, provide a test: After exhausting all his childhood stories of life on the street, could Siddiq still be as entertaining talking about the more mundane subjects of a comfortable middle-aged life?

Now in his 50s, Siddiq digs into parenting, multigenerational tension, his inability to fix things around the house. Instead of describing being locked in the trunk of a car, he talks about jogging in Hoka sneakers in a gated community. This should be a letdown, and yet somehow the tension stays high, the comic twists pivot just as sharply and the stakes at least seem as dramatic. The subject matter is more conventi...

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