Killing in Obscurity

Chris Lamberth begins his hour by testing how far he can push an audience into uncomfortable territory before winning them back. The strategy relies on a calculated, low-key delivery that makes even the grimmest thoughts sound perfectly reasonable. His best bit involves a coworker shouting about wanting to end her life, which prompts Lamberth to spend several minutes calculating how much paid time off the office would get for the tragedy, planning out tire rotations and root canals. It is a bleak, funny perspective on the modern corporate grind.\n\nRecorded live at Caveat in New York City, the special captures Lamberth as a veteran of the Northeast comedy circuit. He spends the rest of the set examining the tiring expectations of online culture and the constant policing of Black identity. He questions why mayonnaise is suddenly considered off-limits for Black people and laments the everyday inconveniences of corporate boycotts.