Ricardo Quevedo: Tomorrow Will Be Worse

The Laughter That Sticks

I’ve always thought stand-up comedy is the art of making people feel less alone in their frustrations. Ricardo Quevedo’s Tomorrow Will Be Worse understands this instinctively. The title itself is a joke—dark, self-deprecating, and just pessimistic enough to feel true.

(Who among us hasn’t muttered some version of that phrase after a particularly bad day?) But the special isn’t just about wallowing in misery. It’s about finding the absurdity in the things that test our patience, and in doing so, making them feel a little lighter.

Quevedo, a Colombian comedian with a knack for observational humor, has built his career on this kind of alchemy: turning everyday annoyances into something sharable, something that makes an audience nod in recognition and then laugh in relief. Tomorrow Will Be Worse leans into that strength, mining the frustrations of modern life—road rage, pandemic-era couple fights, the kind of petty grievances that feel trivial until they don’t. The synopsis promises an examination of "the absurdity of the situations that try our patience," and if the title is any indication, Quevedo doesn’t just point out the absurdity; he lets it sit there, unvarnished, until the audience can’t help but see the humor in it.

There’s something inherently democratic about stand-up comedy. It doesn’t require elaborate sets or special effects—just a performer, a microphone, and an audience willing to listen. Quevedo’s approach feels particularly unpretentious.