In his latest HBO comedy special, comedian Jerrod Carmichael reflects on what's happened in the years since he's come out.

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Do you notice those things?’” Jerrod Carmichael with his mother Cynthia. As this recent interaction indicated, Carmichael’s show doesn’t achieve all the breakthroughs he hopes for.

But in its most moving scenes, Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show depicts how vitally important it is to care about things — so Carmichael’s mother could care enough to give up her religious ...

Peruse any online thread discussing Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show ... She visits Jerrod and Mike in New York City for Mother's Day weekend, and he takes her to a queer-friendly Harlem church ...

and his mother, a devout Christian who has had trouble embracing her son’s sexuality. The road has not been an easy one, and the reception of Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show has been even rockier ...

“Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show,” although ethically ... In the season finale, which culminates in his mother visiting him in New York, Carmichael sits in a theatre alongside a masked friend ...

Stand-up comedy is a public performance that gives the illusion of intimate spontaneity. This is equally true of reality television, so it’s natural that a master at the former would try his ...

By James Poniewozik Midway through “Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show ... In “Home Videos,” Carmichael asks his mother whether she’s ever been attracted to women and adds, “I’ve ...

Jerrod Carmichael was sitting on Bo Burnham’s ... as he wrestles with his mother’s resistance to his sexuality and the broader sense of repression he’s felt in real time.