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Album Review: Cameron Esposito - Person of No Consequence
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Cameron Esposito is a comedian with a solid history: 5 albums, her own sitcom, and multiple film and television appearances, not to mention a 20-year career in the industry. They've easily cut their teeth. Her album Grab Them Aghast is a go-to, where her hunger as a young comic shines through and is immediately charming. Her rapport with that room is immediately contagious, and the energy couldn't be any more different than that of Person of No Consequence.
Person of No Consequence is a 36-ish-minute album that feels more like a veteran road comic reminiscing about their accumulated scars and less the club-honed and refined material from her other albums. This is not to say the album is bad, it's just much more self-contemplative in a different way from her earlier material, and is much more an extension of her exploration of post-diagnosis with bipolar disorder explored in her Dropout special Four Pills.
This difference as a more intimate and personal conversation makes it special and unique. We get a clear insight into her experiences on the road, her time undiagnosed, and how it impacted her coping mechanisms and her youthful indiscretions. There is a lot to enjoy here, but if you are a fan of Cameron's earlier material, be warned going in: the energy is different, but it's worth the listen.
The main fault I have with the album is its length; at 36 minutes, it feels too short and too long at the same time. We're taken on a meandering journey with tangents about Terminator 2 and audience interactions that at times feel almost listless, and when it feels we're building towards more meaty and meaningful revelations, the album is over. Somewhere between a storytelling and stand-up set, the energy feels uneven, but that doesn't make it unfunny. There's some great anecdotes that speak real truths (honestly, with regards to her SXSW story, I feel she made the right decision for her and her audience), but it just feels like there's more of a journey here. Another 20 minutes with more of a destination for the story would have benefited the album.
But that's not what we get. This is more like sitting with a raconteur and enjoying them wowing you, and that is worth the journey too, because unlike the title of the album, Cameron Esposito is very much a person of consequence.
Tags: Cameron Esposito, Person of No Consequence, A Special Thing Records, comedy, stand up, storytelling
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