In his first HBO comedy special, comedian Josh Johnson debuts original material about our shared experiences as humans – tackling topics like family, religion, and relationships through his unique point of view and signature creativity.

Comedian Josh Johnson landed his first comedy special, and fans at home will get to see it. The special features Johnson’s humor on variety of topics — from things women expect in their relationships to the effects of the pandemic on our social lives. He also will consider whether his friend’s bird is racist.

Stand up special featuring comedian Josh Johnson as he talks about his relationships with money, his father, and a stalker.

“The feeling of communication is very elusive,” Tsang has said. “In being seen by another, there’s always an incompleteness to that understanding.” Often working collaboratively, she combines text, image, dance, music, and activism to create hybrid art forms that question traditional concepts of representation. This installation draws inspiration from an essay by poets and critical theorists Fred Moten and Stefano Harney, which explores how ideas of black, queer, and trans identities are intertwined and constantly in formation.
Two videos intermittently overlap, creating an entanglement of images and living bodies. In each video, two performers move through a series of duets choreographed by Ligia Lewis with Jonathan Gonzalez, and boychild with Josh Johnson. The choreography is a form of contact improvisation, a collaborative practice in which participants use touch instead of sight to generate movement together. As the performers are pushed and pulled, they shift between gestures of tenderness and violence, elation and grief, or degeneration and rebirth. In overlaying the projections and employing movement as language, Tsang has sought to create “impossible” images—those that capture the fluidity and ambiguity of lived experience.

Comedian and writer Josh Johnson talks about things women expect in their relationships, effects of the pandemic in our social lives, and discuss whether or not his friend's bird is a racist. Presented by Trevor Noah.

A diverse group of up-and-coming comedians perform 15-minute sets in this stand-up comedy showcase series.