Tldr; Single Lady feels underdeveloped and repetitive, lacking the polish and humor of Ali's previous specials.
My rating might be slightly higher because I am a massive fan of Ali's work. So, if you gave this a 5 or 6, it would be understandable and fair.
Without giving out her bits. She had one bit she kept doing over and over and tried to play it up at one point because it was not getting the reaction she wanted. Instead, she should have moved on from the bit and started talking about other stuff.
She should have pushed this off for another year to add more variety to "Single Lady" (2024) and give it more practice. "Don Wong" (2022) had more time to develop and was better.
Maybe if this were her first special, people would have liked it more. However, Single Lady is put into a situation where it is going to be compared to her past work, and "Baby Cobra" (2016) + "Hard Knock Wife" (2018) was just funnier. Those are tough acts to follow.
You will notice some reviewers saying that Single Lady is nasty and not funny, but Ali always liked making nasty jokes. Yet people did not mind her previous special's nastiness because they were LMFAO.
P. S.
And yes, the title is a play on words. Fly me out Ali!
