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Kristen Key: Where the Cab Takes You
Rating: 3 stars (out of 5)

By Ryan P. Carey

Kristen Key seems to have shed the self-deprecation of her Last Comic Standing era and embraced her more confident inner party girl on her new album, Where the Cab Takes You. Her set from the Capitol City Comedy Club in her home state of Texas almost makes drinking and getting high sound wholesome, coming from Key who could be a spokesperson for the Waffle House, a PR rep for Jäger, and an advocate for Norml. Despite a heavy “let’s get effed up!” undertone to her comedy album, Key never comes off as the slightest big noir; she’s the sorority girl not quite grown up.

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