The Komic Sutra

Renée Percy frames middle age as a frantic negotiation between biological clocks and marital fatigue. She talks about trying to conceive in her forties with the blunt exhaustion of someone who has weighed a newborn against a Tesla and is not entirely convinced by either option. When she admits to divorcing her husband only to remarry him because she believes in recycling, the joke works because there is zero sentimentality attached to it.

Directed by Suzanne Luna and released by Comedy Dynamics in November 2023, the 39-minute set serves as Percy’s debut stand-up special. Long before building an audience on social media and Los Angeles club stages, the Toronto native started out on Canadian television, appearing on Degrassi High and writing for sketch programs like Comedy Inc. and Air Farce Live.

The material leans into physical delivery and domestic realities. She jokes about dodging male attention for decades only to find semen treated like rare vintage wine during fertility appointments, before moving on to her hippie upbringing and modern cosmetic trends.

The album release reached the top spot on the iTunes comedy chart.