Inside Amy Schumer welcomes Parker Posey to the show during production shoots live on location in New York City December 10th, 2013 in New York City. Photo/Matthew Peyton for Comedy Central
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]his week’s episode of Comedy Central’s popular skit series ‘Inside Amy Schumer’, titled ‘I’m So Bad’, definitely lives up to it’s name.
Early into the second season of her show, the narcissistic, lewd, and overly self conscious Schumer is already displaying a heightened level of writing and delivery from the show’s first season.
This episode starts out with Amy playing the house mom to a group of kids eager for a tasty afternoon snack. So instead of lame old chicken wings, it should come as no surprise that Schumer has a box of delicious ‘Finger Blasters’ ready to be enjoyed.
I could say more, but the mental image of a group of pre-teens talking about their favorite ways to get finger blasted really should speak for itself. But the skit does raise a very important question: Is three fingers enough?
Well, maybe for now it is. There’s still plenty more to look forward to. This scene transitions into a clip from Amy’s standup performance, where she finds herself addressing female body image in society with device that is best described as “you’ll never make guys want to bang you like Jessica Alba can…and that makes you hideous.”
And she’s got a point; what better salesperson of the female anatomy can you name off the top of your head? I encourage you to put hours of Google based research into coming up with an answer.
The episode’s next skit is a topical take on war-based video games. Schumer and her boyfriend are playing a video game at his apartment, but when she gets her hands on the controller she chooses to play a female soldier.
Can you guess what happens next?
If you guessed ‘the sexual assault of her female character’, you’re clearly paying attention (or from the future). And man, this character really doesn’t get a break. Paperwork, being emotionally guilted, and having her character assassinated…all this to have her attacker let off on the charges and put back on duty.
But of course none of this was supposed to happen in the game, because girls aren’t supposed to play first person shooters. Duh. Way to do it wrong Amy.
So all of the subject matter covered by the episode so far, it’s been pretty bad, right? I mean, it’s so wrong. Pfft, that was just a warm up.
The next skit we see features Amy and a group of her female friends out at a restaurant, enjoying a meal and talking about what’s new in their lives. I mean, what could go wrong with that? Well I guess that the guilt of having fries three days in a week or eating a dozen mini muffins trumps cyber bulling your niece, vicious animal cruelty, and killing a fetus (that’s yours)…but all those things also build up a far more than healthy appetite.
Oh look, a waiter. Poor, poor guy. Normally, you’d associate the words ‘getting eaten’ and an Amy Schumer joke with a rather pleasant experience. This time? Not so much.
Alright, ready for more? Well how about a guest appearance from Zach Braff for your next hot, steamy, incredibly uncomfortable skit. Amy’s husband enjoying a poker night with friends, Braff’s character is trying to embrace the ritual of sharing dirty sex stories with the boys. The problem being that it’s just not all that fun for your friends to hear about the depraved ways you screw your wife. Amy’s presence is maintained as she regularly brings food and drinks to the guys, and poor Zach just wants talk about the time they walked out of H&R Block and decided to go doggy in the back of their Subaru.
Luckily for him, Amy breaks the tension with the most disturbing dialogue imaginable. And whether you want to envision those two actually acting out these sexual escapades is really something that should stay between you and your imagination.
So what else did ‘I’m So Bad’ have to offer? Well I guess terrorizing a a high school prom as boy’s ‘Celebrity Prom Date’ and having a one on one with a seasoned sex columnist in ‘Amy Goes Deep’ really speaks for itself. Its awkward, its depraved, and its disgustingly funny. From start to finish ‘I’m So Bad’ is one Inside Amy Schumer’s most astute, clever and morally empty episodes yet.
And if that still has you on the fence, it ends in a conversation about ‘vaginal meshes’. Come on, don’t be a pussy. Be bad.
