Comedy, Music, Television
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…
July 15, 2022-
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Comedy, Mystery, TelevisionTV: 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…
March 24, 2022 -
Comedy, Television, ThrillerTV: 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…
September 25, 2021 -
Comedy, Music, TelevisionTV: Schmigadoon!
Apple+’s Schmigadoon! begins with an appealing, wry mission: to both execute and subvert the tropes of the musical genre.…
August 15, 2021 -
TelevisionComedy 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…
May 2, 2019 -
FilmFilm: Ingrid Goes West
Any doubts as to Aubrey Plaza’s acting chops should go out the window with Ingrid Goes West (2017), a…
March 18, 2018 -
TelevisionTV: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (Season 3)
Oh, Rebecca Bunch, what have you gotten yourself — and everyone else — into this time? Crazy Ex-Girlfriend just…
February 20, 2018 -
TelevisionTV: 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…
February 13, 2017 -
TelevisionTV: 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…
November 7, 2016