""I'm not proud of the fact that one time in Chicago, I had a bucket full of hundreds of live worms that perished. But I did that. I did it and I regret it," she says. "I think that's why I love practical effects and props and stuff - it's been an adventure on how not everything has to be real.""
"In her new HBO comedy special, Sarah Squirm: Live + In the Flesh, you see a lot of Sherman's fake pubes, exaggerated for comedic effect - just one of the hour's many delightful touches. It's a deranged, high-energy experience, featuring music by fire toolz, animation, props, plenty of gross-out humor, all culminating in a guided meditation that might also be described as a descent into madness."
"Part of her journey in developing the special was, as mentioned, figuring out what elements would be funnier or more engaging if they were faked. As one example, she mentions her original idea to film the piece at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles. In her words, "Obviously I have to do my standup special as a reanimated corpse in a cemetery. That is the only thing that makes sense.""
Sarah Sherman intentionally uses fake props and practical effects to amplify comedy and avoid real gore. One Chicago performance involved a bucket of hundreds of live worms that perished, an outcome Sherman regrets. Sherman substitutes fake pubic hair and staged elements to create exaggerated comedic visuals. The HBO special Sarah Squirm: Live + In the Flesh blends high-energy stand-up with music by fire toolz, animation, props, gross-out humor, and a guided meditation approaching madness. An initial plan to film at Hollywood Forever Cemetery shifted to The Bell House with a fabricated cemetery set to accommodate surreal effects like crawling eyeballs.
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