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Ali Wong emerges a mother still perturbed in Hard Knock Wife, a hilariously honest hour of comedy that highlights the joys and oh boys of motherhood with fearless energy and just the right amount of squirmy detail.
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Hard Knock Wife's most inspired moments come from Wong's ability to make the natural sound almost alien, and sometimes even downright terrifying. Dec 27, 2018 | Full Review…
Hard Knock Wife's most inspired moments come from Wong's ability to make the natural sound almost alien, and sometimes even downright terrifying.
Danette Chavez
She has great command of pacing and long pauses. Dec 27, 2018 | Full Review…
She has great command of pacing and long pauses.
Mike Katzif
[Wong's] new set is filled with searing takes on the limits of maternity leave and the disappointments of early motherhood. Dad jokes, step aside. Nov 20, 2018 | Full Review…
[Wong's] new set is filled with searing takes on the limits of maternity leave and the disappointments of early motherhood. Dad jokes, step aside.
Ashley Hoffman
Wong uses her body and her subject matter to challenge you, but Wolf pushes the limits in every joke with a distinctive, high-pitched voice that is easy to hate. It's a cloying screech that she acknowledges sure, but it never goes away. Jul 17, 2018 | Full Review…
Wong uses her body and her subject matter to challenge you, but Wolf pushes the limits in every joke with a distinctive, high-pitched voice that is easy to hate. It's a cloying screech that she acknowledges sure, but it never goes away.
Kelly Lawler
Perhaps the most radical thing about Hard Knock Wife is that nowhere in her routine does Wong mention the obvious fact that, once again, she is pregnant. One way of interpreting her silence is as a bold gesture of liberation... Jun 5, 2018 | Full Review…
Perhaps the most radical thing about Hard Knock Wife is that nowhere in her routine does Wong mention the obvious fact that, once again, she is pregnant. One way of interpreting her silence is as a bold gesture of liberation...
Rebecca Mead
Hard Knock Wife makes for some filthily maternal (and wonderfully progressive) counterprogramming. May 10, 2018 | Full Review…
Hard Knock Wife makes for some filthily maternal (and wonderfully progressive) counterprogramming.
Inkoo Kang
A fierce and very pregnant Wong holds forth for an hour on the challenges of breastfeeding, juggling family and career post-pregnancy - and also why all women deserve three years of fully paid maternity leave. Dec 27, 2018 | Full Review…
A fierce and very pregnant Wong holds forth for an hour on the challenges of breastfeeding, juggling family and career post-pregnancy - and also why all women deserve three years of fully paid maternity leave.
Greg Kennedy
Wong proves with ease that she's one of the best comedians working today. Dec 27, 2018 | Full Review…
Wong proves with ease that she's one of the best comedians working today.
Kayleigh Donaldson
Motherhood itself isn't a political act, but the various ways facets of society rise up to tell women how to be a mother are, certainly. The beauty of Hard Knock Wife is in hearing these gnarlier truths explored with filthy and honest verve. Jun 14, 2018 | Full Review…
Motherhood itself isn't a political act, but the various ways facets of society rise up to tell women how to be a mother are, certainly. The beauty of Hard Knock Wife is in hearing these gnarlier truths explored with filthy and honest verve.
Megan Reynolds
If you don't see how skilled, blunt, and trill Ali Wong is then you never deserved comedy in the first place. Ali is blunt, cynical, and raw as f***. Jun 14, 2018 | Full Review…
If you don't see how skilled, blunt, and trill Ali Wong is then you never deserved comedy in the first place. Ali is blunt, cynical, and raw as f***.
Omar Holmon
Hard Knock Wife is incredibly funny, building on Wong's uncompromising statement with a wealth of observational specificity and reliable bite. Jun 5, 2018 | Rating: 8.5/10 | Full Review…
Hard Knock Wife is incredibly funny, building on Wong's uncompromising statement with a wealth of observational specificity and reliable bite.
Graham Techler
Hard Knock Wife serves as another battle cry to Wong's fellow mothers. Jun 5, 2018 | Full Review…
Hard Knock Wife serves as another battle cry to Wong's fellow mothers.
Sean L. McCarthy
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