Unsubstantiated

Kortney Shane Williams treats ridiculous assumptions like airtight forensic cases. His opening premise sets the tone: there is no photographic proof that Morgan Freeman was ever an infant, so he likely materialized on earth at age sixty. That same deadpan logic carries over when he turns to real life, whether recounting how a Black Lives Matter rally in Utah ended up sharing a sidewalk with a P.F. Chang’s puppy adoption tent, or explaining why expectant fathers in the delivery room are useless bystanders.

Taped at the Dry Bar Comedy club in Provo, Utah, the 2019 set works within the network’s strict clean constraints without softening into family-room corniness. Williams, a Florida native who spent years cutting his teeth in the Seattle scene, relies on measured pacing and mild bewilderment. He had spent the preceding decade working club circuits, opening for Dave Chappelle, and making television appearances on Fox’s Laughs.

Rather than raising his voice, he lets the premises carry the weight. He picks apart the cultish zeal of CrossFit gyms, the immediate physical regret of attempting a vegan diet, and the realization that toddlers are terrible at taking instructions.