Comedy Central Presents: Tess

Tess Drake leans into her self-proclaimed “Juicy Girl” persona, dismantling early-2000s Hollywood weight standards and demanding that women embrace whatever shape they happen to be in. Her half-hour is built on confident, conversational storytelling rather than rapid-fire setups. She commands the stage with specific grievances, airing out frustrations about judgmental coworkers, men who expect women to hike on first dates, and the general indignities of daily life.

Landing her Comedy Central Presents debut two years after a finalist run on Last Comic Standing, Drake uses the cable platform to recount her own questionable decisions. She details a Tijuana breast reduction gone noticeably wrong, explains why her stint as a temp worker was doomed, and recalls the exhausting reality of performing for naive college girls who corner her after shows.