Cameron Esposito has a new comedy special, 4 Pills, coming to Dropout.
She talked with the Los Angeles Times’ Nate Jackson about the special, comedy, her bipolar disorder diagnosis and how good comedy is like a sermon.
A lot of comedy specials are made for us to sit and laugh at a comedian’s funny thoughts.
In her latest special, Cameron Esposito wants to take things a step further by giving you a look inside her brain. As a person diagnosed with bipolar disorder at age 40, her mind offers a lot to unpack. But the goal remains the same as any special: to laugh at something we feel like we’re not supposed to only to realize we can relate to a person’s struggles more than we think.
In her latest hour, Four Pills, premiering Friday via Dropout (formerly College Humor), the hilarious multi-hyphenate known for her acting on the show “Take My Wife” and her podcast “Queery” has honed a fresh perspective on living with bipolar disorder that forced her to take her 20 years of stand-up to the next level by bringing fans into the deepest part of her world for the first time.
Recently Esposito spoke to The Times about living with bipolar disorder and using it as her superpower in comedy.
