I Agree with Myself

Gary Owen built his audience by saying the quiet part out loud about race and family dynamics, and his 2015 Showtime hour tests exactly how far that goodwill stretches. Playing to his core demographic, he approaches cultural differences and marital disputes as a guy who simply refuses to overthink things, leaning on a casual, loud delivery to sell premises that would sound aggressive coming from someone else.

Filmed in front of a sold-out crowd in Atlanta, the set captures the comedian during a major career swing, arriving just after his appearances in the Think Like a Man films. He spends plenty of time on his marriage and the realities of raising kids in an interracial household. The hour is perhaps best known for a specific routine about his cousin that drew organized protests from disability advocacy groups. The backlash prompted Owen to meet directly with advocates, leading him to voluntarily cut the segment from the on-demand broadcast and permanently drop the material from his act.