Matt Rife’s Netflix Standup Tackles Crystal Women and Social Media

Was it worth watching? Here is my honest opinion.

It's Ericajean
3 min readNov 18, 2023

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Let me start by saying, I never even heard of Matt Rife. Yet, after watching his standup on Netflix, I see that he is someone who has his finger on the pulse of society. He tackles everything from women who use crystals and believe in astrology, to his fear of darkness and much more.

Matthew Steven Rife, also known as Matt Rife is an American born comedian and actor who may be best known for his recurring role on Nick Cannon’s popular Wild N’ Out show.

Since the tender of age of 14, Matt’s teachers knew he would be a comedian and had him enter talent shows. Matt is also linked to the beautiful actress Kate Beckinsale, as they dated briefly.

Reaction #1 Uncomfortable, yet honest moments

From the jump, Rife tells about the time he and a buddy had a waitress with a huge black eye serve them in Baltimore.

He jokes that maybe she should be in the kitchen to not show her face to customers, but it could be that she can’t even cook, hence the black eye.

The audience was unsure of what reaction to have, but Rife assured them he was just “checking the temperature” of the audience…

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It's Ericajean

Essayist and poet | Author of Rumors of Ouroboros . Learn more about Erica at https://linktr.ee/itsericajean/