Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Rory Scovel: Show Must Go On’ On Netflix, Where The Comedian Juxtaposes His Sincerity Beside His Satire In A Much More Personal Way

Comedian Rory Scovel actually does love to improvise, so when he jokes in an opening bit before credits that he’s “just gonna f-ing wing it,” you best believe him. But this hour, perhaps more than any previous stand-up special for Scovel, forces the audience to confront the juxtaposition between his sincerity and his satire in a much more personal way. RORY SCOVEL: SHOW MUST GO ON: STREAM IT OR SKIP IT? The Gist: This marks Scovel’s fifth comedy special and second for Netflix. His previous hour, Rory Scovel: Religion, Sex, and a Few Things in Between, came out on HBO Max. But you may also recognize him from two other recent HBO projects, as he plays Officer Donnie Mullins on Rooster, and portrayed Jefferson Davis in the new series, Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: an Almost Hist