[Editor’s note: The following article contains some possible spoilers for “ Adam Sandler : Love You.”] There’s something off about the Southern California comedy club that plays home to Adam Sandler’s latest Netflix comedy special, “Adam Sandler: Love You.” It’s.
.. carpeted? Like, even the walls? There’s a hole under de facto musical director Dan Bulla’s setup, and his keyboard is slipping into it.
A dog is wandering around. And the Windows 95-running monitors simply do not work, which takes a big bite out of a few of Sandler’s jokes that rely on some visual aids. And it definitely smells.
And while you might not be able to tell during the earliest moments of the Josh Safdie -directed special, you’ll be in on the joke soon. That club? It might look and feel familiar — kinda like, well, maybe the basement of a suburban library? — but it’s also a space that doesn’t exactly exist. When Sandler and Safdie brought their special to New York City for its premiere last week , they spent much of the screening’s post-Q&A (moderated by “Saturday Night Live” star Sarah Sherman) chatting about the set that plays home to Sandler’s latest comedy offering and packs plenty of its own humor.
“That whole set we built, the idea was, we’ll make it the worst venue ever,” Safdie said. “This kind of liminal space that you kind of feel you like you know but you don’t know.” Sherman jumped in, “I saw a picture of the set, and texted Ronnie [Bronste.