TV: Flight of the Conchords (Seasons 1–2)
Had I had watched Flight of the Conchords in real time, it might have reminded me of the original British version of The Office: a low-key, low-budget sitcom about losers …
TV: The Afterparty (Season 1)
Apple+’s The Afterparty joins a burgeoning, newish subgenre of mystery-comedies. Like the shows it resembles (The Flight Attendant and Only Murders in the Building immediately leap to mind), The Afterparty …
TV: The Flight Attendant (Season 1)
There’s a long and storied history of “competence porn” in television story-telling; by comparison, “incompetence porn” is so new that it probably isn’t even a trope. Into that perhaps budding …
TV: Schmigadoon!
Apple+’s Schmigadoon! begins with an appealing, wry mission: to both execute and subvert the tropes of the musical genre. Unfortunately, its modest six-episode run exhausts the premise well before the …
Comedy in the Age of Political Chaos
The real world isn’t all that hilarious these days, but at least we still have comedy. Comedy is the TV genre I’m most scattershot about reviewing—I tend to watch it …
Film: Ingrid Goes West
Any doubts as to Aubrey Plaza’s acting chops should go out the window with Ingrid Goes West (2017), a quirky dark comedy that shines a spotlight not only on Plaza’s …
TV: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (Season 3)
Oh, Rebecca Bunch, what have you gotten yourself—and everyone else—into this time? Crazy Ex-Girlfriend just broadcast the finale of its third season, and continues to build on its reputation as …
TV: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (Season 2)
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend set the bar pretty high in season one, and while its sophomore year doesn’t always clear that bar, it starts strongly enough and ends with such brilliant, disturbing …
TV: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (Season 1)
It took some convincing for me to watch the CW’s Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, but after plying me with hilarious YouTube videos, Jenn eventually wooed me into watching this one. Now I …