The latest stand-up comedy on scripted series Standing Up, is from France, following four up-and-comers as they try to make it in the Paris’ comedy scene. Nezir (Younes Boucif) works for a takeout delivery app during the day, but is starting out as a stand-up comedian. On his route, he encounters his friend Aïssatou (Mariama Gueye), who is persuading people to put up posters for her upcoming theatre showcase. As they both approach the Le Drôle Comedy Club, the owner, Bling (Jean Siuen), also arrives. Bling sets the lineup for the night; Nezir, being the least experienced, goes last so as to not break the audience’s momentum before someone else’s set. At the bar before the show starts, the producer for Bling’s upcoming show arrives. He needs to hear some new material from Nezir or else he’s going to have to cancel the theatre gig. He’s also there to tell Aïssatou that she needs to get more people to buy tickets for her theatre showcase or he may have to change the line-up. Bling unilaterally takes Nezir’s closing slot, much to the anger of Nezir, just as Aïssatou goes on stage. She’s looking to tape her performance to put it up on social media and ramp up attention for her theatre show. Like most shows that have stand-up comedy either at its centre or its periphery, the stand-up comedy on Standing Up isn’t all that funny.

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