Amy Schumer: “Mostly Sex Stuff” (2013) DVD Review

Mostly Sex Stuffis a live performance of comedian Amy Schumer filmed at the Fillmore in San Francisco. I fell for her immediately because she opened with some ballsy material about sex with minors: “I finally just slept with my high school crush. But I swear now he like expects me to go to his graduation. Like I know where I’m going to be in three years.” I love the way the joke builds – the line about his graduation is great, and then she tops it with the next line. And after that she adds, “Fucking kids, right? Fucking small kids.” And I love her instantly.

Actually, even before that there is a brief opening sequence which presents her as a sexy Little Red Riding Hood, surrounded by cartoon birds, smiling mushrooms and copulating unicorns.

As the DVD’s title promises, there is a lot of sex-related material, and most of it is really funny. Regarding condoms, she says, “You’re going to want to wear this – I’ve had a busy month.”  And about starting to date black guys she says, “You know what they say, ‘Once you go black, your parents don’t talk to you anymore.’”

It’s not all about sex, of course. About her mother she says, “I brought her to a soccer game, because I wanted her to see what boundaries look like.”

Amy Schumer’s take on how it’s more difficult being a woman is actually really good. “We wear jewelry, shiny shit. Look over here. Follow me to the altar.” I dig her bit about uncircumcised penises too. (There’s some funny interaction with a couple of audience members during that bit.)

And yes, I too hate bathroom attendants (who doesn’t?). But I love that she called out the audience member that was talking – “Hey, did you know there’s a show? Come on, you’re pretty, just stop talking. No, I appreciate you supporting live comedy.”

At the end, we see her backstage while the audience is applauding. She describes the joy this way: “I feel like this is what I would feel like, like if I ever kept a baby.” And she comes back out on stage and takes questions and comments from the audience.

Bonus Features

This DVD has three bonus features. The first is her performance at The Roast Of Charlie Sheen. And holy moly, she is good, particularly when she’s mean, comparing Charlie Sheen to a fishing boat. (This segment is 7 minutes 45 seconds.) 

The second is her performance at The Roast Of Roseanne Barr.  She tells Carrie Fisher, “Carrie, you’ve cut more lines than a crippled kid at Disneyland.” And to Jeff Ross she says, “Jeff you look worse than when I started this sentence. How did you do that?” This segment is approximately 8 minutes 15 seconds.

The third feature is a short segment titled “Pre-Show With Amy & Her Sister.”

Mostly Sex Stuffis scheduled to be released on January 29, 2013. The program originally aired on Comedy Central on August 18, 2012.