Mahalo & Goodnight

Anjelah Johnson’s fourth hour relies heavily on her ability to extract humor from the awkward friction of everyday life. She spends a significant portion of the set detailing the agonizing intimacy of bad massages, specifically highlighting the discomfort of dealing with a masseuse with severe coffee breath. It is a highly relatable brand of physical discomfort, and Johnson acts it out with her trademark physical mimicry, portraying the tense paralysis of pretending to be relaxed while someone breathes hot, stale coffee onto her face.\n\nFilmed live at the Hawaii Theatre Center in Honolulu, Hawaii on February 3, 2017, the special was released on Epix on September 29 of that year. At this point in her career, Johnson was a well-established touring headliner, known for her early viral success and her run on MADtv. She had carved out a reliable niche with a large, mainstream fan base that appreciated her clean, expressive style.\n\nThe set also features stories about her Mexican roots and the absurdities of her personal life, particularly her marriage to Christian rap musician Manwell Reyes. She details the process of buying a first home and the highly specific plans she has formulated to survive a hypothetical home invasion.