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In 'Confirmed Kills,' Iliza Shlesinger Cloaks Social Commentary In Comic Rants

Comedian Iliza Shlesinger's standup is physical. She contorts and snorts and stalks the stage as she becomes the characters in jokes that explore what it's like to be a woman in today's society.
Comedian Iliza Shlesinger's comedy is physical — she contorts, snorts and stalks the stage in her new special, <em>Confirmed Kills.</em>

Comedian Iliza Shlesinger has a lot to say about what it's like to be a lady these days — and what things could have been like in the past.

"Do you think for a second, that if women were physically stronger than men, we would have waited for the right to vote?" she asks in her latest Netflix special, . She goes on

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