After their quiet COVID wedding, Feimster and Jax want to go all out for their honeymoon, and Smash it – which Feimster shows off in a Barbie pink power suit in which she gently roasted Ginger Sweet and saltyfor purchase – begins with the story of her trip to the Maldives. What Feimster doesn’t know before agreeing to Jax’s choice of destination is that sex between same-sex partners exists illegal There; It is also illegal in Qatar, where there is a stopover along the way.

Feimster extracts as much material from the situation as possible: in the hotel in Qatar she pretends that she and Jax are cousins ​​on the way to their husbands; Funny how only one of them can pass as straight and the other is sometimes called “sir” in public restrooms; that she won’t risk drinking a bottle of beer as it could be a trap to catch lesbians. But as she slowly eases into having just a single photo of herself on the trip, six feet apart and with a random family in between, the story’s barbs become much more tangible. Feimster’s growing professional success, which coincided with her marriage, opened the world to her in ways that would have been unimaginable to the young Feimster we heard about Sweet and saltywho looks down from her birthday stool at a group of Hooters waitresses jumping up and down for her. But there are dangers from which Feimster’s wealth and privilege cannot protect her.

The magic of Feimster’s comedy, however, lies in her ability to tell dark stories without preaching or feeling sorry for herself. The Maldives story reminds her fans – at least some of whom probably haven’t given it much thought – that Feimster and her wife still face not only discrimination but also possible legal consequences depending on where in the world they are try to fall in love.

But Feimster slides out of that story into a lighter story about an early trip to Italy with Jax and how each of them learned how the other handles the stress of travel. She jokes that Ginger made Feimster her “husband” before Jax was in the picture, and that Ginger and Jax’s birthdays are five days apart because she knows Ginger is jealous of anything Feimster gives Jax will be. (Feimster makes it clear that Ginger loves Jax; she only thinks that Jax stole her husband: “My wife is Jolene.”) Much of Feimster’s narrative about buying her first house with Jax takes her through haunted houses knew, and why you certainly did should Ask a real estate agent if the house they are showing you has ghosts. Feimster effortlessly slips from foolishness in a play about running to Hardees in her hometown before they stop serving cookies (it’s the timer her biological clock is set to) to a play that in which Ginger is the fool because she has already gotten herself into enough trouble in a cemetery. The fire department is said to have been called in.

Longtime followers of Feimster’s social media accounts know that one of her recurring moments is shooting herself dizzy dancing with ice. It’s Feimster in a nutshell: She not only pampers herself, but also enjoys celebrating a little pleasure. Feimster did a lot of great things out of her early disappointments, as comics do. Feimster also celebrates the great joys of her life – happiness, love, the chance to see the world – and faces hate and horror with strange joy.

This defiance may be Smash itis the most political statement of all.