Who's The Master?

Dwight Simmons builds his comedy on the premise that talking about race doesn’t require an aggressive stance or a defensive posture, particularly when discussing his own life. On stage, he uses a relaxed, conversational style to examine the small, absurd friction points of being married to a white woman and trying to meet suburban expectations. His humor is autobiographical and focused on his actual experiences, like getting pulled over in the suburbs or realizing how poorly prepared he was for his first camping trip.\n\nFilmed at The Comedy Attic in Bloomington, Indiana, which is the same college-town club where Simmons did his first open mic as an Indiana University student, the 2023 special marks his debut filmed release. At this point in his career, Simmons was already a mainstay of the Midwestern comedy scene, serving as a co-director of the Limestone Comedy Festival and writing for the nationally syndicated Bob and Tom Show.\n\nThe centerpiece of the performance is a detailed anecdote about his guest appearance on the HGTV home renovation series Good Bones. Simmons details the bureaucratic panic that ensued when he used the phrase \”master bedroom,\” leading to an absurd realization about corporate network language codes. Other notable segments cover the quiet desperation of craft beer culture and a \”SparkNotes\” version of Black history.