Michelle Wolf: Joke Show

Here, she sticks to coarse, scatological material. And she's very, very good at it.

It's closer to the experience of watching a truly talented musician do covers of hit records. The pleasure is in the way Wolf finds new ways to interpret them, in the technique required to hone the material until it's this sharp and effective.

More than anything, Joke Show reminds us that the personal is political... so Wolf doesn't need to recount the week's events from behind a desk to deliver a message.

Wolf has mastered the joke structure, so that even when stating, "White women, it's time to admit we're part of the problem," she has a counterpunch(line) and doesn't lose the audience.