Video Review: The Whitest Kids U Know (3 stars)
Warning: May be a little obscene
Two of my friends independently recommended to me “The Whitest Kids U Know”, so I decided to look them up. This was the first video I randomly selected from YouTube, so this is the one I chose to review.
This is a good, funny sketch. It’s a bit potty humor, but intelligently done potty humor (my absolute favorite kind). Smart, even though it handles a topic that is usually only used in really stupid humor.
It has a fairly standard sketch structure, which I like. The set up is good, the first turning point (the slow mime) is good, and even after the twist is introduced, they really push it well. Great hightening throughout to the… climax. This sketch also plays with the line of being too “adult”. Lots of bad comedy just sees how far it can jump across the line, while this one takes something that is decently common (if NSWF), the miming of jacking off, and makes it much worse by modifying the action in a way that should be harmless, but isn’t. An enthusiastic three stars!
Unfortunately, I watched more sketches from “The Whitest Kids U Know” and wasn’t impressed. Lots of their sketches seem to suck, though some others are good. I got lucky picking this one first.
