Review of Judd Apatow: The Return (2017) by Tim B — 12 Dec 2017

When I saw this special I was in two minds as I find Apatow's films to be fratboy humour, but I love standup and figured I'd give the first 15mins a try and was pleasantly surprised. Sadly there was no laugh out loud moments, but I was entertained and very much enjoyed his stories.

I liked that Apatow was prepared to poke fun at himself and that none of his humour stooped to the lowest common denominator. One thing that I immediately noticed is Apatow never once refers to women as girls or females.

This is entirely anecdotal, but I have noticed that men who refer to women, as women, truly view us as people, so Apatow went up in my estimation. Those that refer to women as females, subconciously, seek to reduce women as the sum total of their reproductive organs, and referring to women as girls, is just creepy.

The fact that Apatow never once does this is a reflection on the man.