The modern comedy roast appears to be more about money making than comedy.
Roasters admit to having ghost writers.
Those getting roasted pretend to be upset.
There are shameless plugs for new albums or tours or even banks in the case of Kevin Hart’s one.
What’s more it gets quite repetitive.
For an hour of stand up you would get a variety of material with a loose narrative running through it all.
With Kevin Hart’s one you get three hours of short jokes.
Thomas Duggan 