Complicated Apes

Filmed at Chicago’s historic Thalia Hall, Bryan Callen’s third stand-up special challenges audiences to reconsider how they view equality and identity. Callen argues against the modern tendency to categorize people into static ‘nouns’—based on race, ideology, or background—and instead suggests viewing fellow humans as ‘verbs’: complex, evolving, and multidimensional individuals. Mixing energetic storytelling with social observation, he tackles topics ranging from social media tribalism to the absurdities of modern masculinity.