Have It All

The tension between professional triumph and personal failure is the sweet spot of Taylor Tomlinson’s third hour. Her career is soaring, highlighted by her appointment as host of the late-night show After Midnight after a year spent as the only woman on the list of top-ten highest-grossing comedy tours, but her romantic life remains chaotic. She handles this disconnect with the same rapid-fire, highly rehearsed delivery that made her a theater headliner before she even turned thirty.\n\nFilmed at Capital One Hall in the Washington, D.C. area, the set operates around the anxiety of hitting major milestones. Tomlinson uses her entry into her thirties to probe her friends’ shifting priorities, her struggles with insomnia, and her recently embraced bisexuality. The sequence comparing the emotional labor of dating men to the terrifying stakes of trying to hook up with women stands out as some of her most memorable material, alongside a bit about trying to explain basic empathy to attractive men.\n\nWhile critics noted that the glossy production and arena-ready energy lacked the intimacy of her previous work, her mechanical precision remains impressive. She keeps the pacing incredibly tight, finding humor in the absurdity of self-parenting and the bizarre luxuries she can suddenly afford now that she is wealthy.