Sam Jay doesn’t seem to be fazed by the growing influence of political correctness on the comedy circuit. She’s come to the Fringe with a subversive set of hilarious dry comedy that recuperates from a handful of moments that could lead to pearl clutching from the wrong crowd. Throughout the hour she moves from topics that almost cross the line to observational jokes about intergenerational relationships (familial, calm down) and scenes from her first Texas rodeo experience.
Hailing from the United States, a country Jay has never felt a part of, she explores how American’s disconnection from one another led to Trump’s return to the presidency. From the pitfalls of echo chambers to politicians and American societies’ indifference to white people that are poor.
Jay’s also keen to explore the way our relationships with one another can be approached in a fresh manner. It’s quite obvious that the circles we’ve been spinning in for the better part of a century and a half have politically and socially left us more stagnant than we’d like to admit. Instead of shying away from this stagnation, Jay’s creating jokes out of serious considerations she’s been toiling over.
The musing energy Jay brings to the Pleasance Courtyard is surely reverberating through the audience in the form of chuckles.
Sam Jay: We the People, Pleasance Courtyard, until 24 Aug, 7pm