There's a few things that you should know about this before heading in. Firstly, it's mot particularly funny. There's a few scenes that might amuse, but both the stand up bits and the humour in the show is pretty juvenile. It amounts to "your mum" jokes, racial observation (black people say so and so), and fairly basic sexual humour. Perhaps this is an accurate reflection of how comedy has evolved, but really don't expect to chuckle.
It's primarily pretty serious drama. The drama is relatively compelling, well acted, but then there's the second and third things you should know. It's dark, it's not uplifting, it'll leave you feeling sort of glum. And lastly, it's filled with very progressive narratives, as most post-naughties historical works are. And by this I mean, that the characters are quite black and white - the really bad people, are all white men. The women are to be sympathised with. There's the whole racial element. And I don't mean, as one would expect that it's just a current events, period theme. I mean it's sort of blow up into cartoonish proportions, as the progressive narrative tends to do.
So if you looking for something with complex characters that are likeable and hateable at the same time, nuance on the periods issues, or multiple points of view, you may be disappointed. And if you are a centrist, conservative or left libertarian of some variety, you may find it irritating enough based on its every presence in media to give up on it.
That said, if you are a baby boomer, millennial or other individual with leftist tendancies and don't mind something that brings little laughs and is kind of depressing - you'll probably like it. It's a very single lensed somewhat downbeat drama
It's primarily pretty serious drama. The drama is relatively compelling, well acted, but then there's the second and third things you should know. It's dark, it's not uplifting, it'll leave you feeling sort of glum. And lastly, it's filled with very progressive narratives, as most post-naughties historical works are. And by this I mean, that the characters are quite black and white - the really bad people, are all white men. The women are to be sympathised with. There's the whole racial element. And I don't mean, as one would expect that it's just a current events, period theme. I mean it's sort of blow up into cartoonish proportions, as the progressive narrative tends to do.
So if you looking for something with complex characters that are likeable and hateable at the same time, nuance on the periods issues, or multiple points of view, you may be disappointed. And if you are a centrist, conservative or left libertarian of some variety, you may find it irritating enough based on its every presence in media to give up on it.
That said, if you are a baby boomer, millennial or other individual with leftist tendancies and don't mind something that brings little laughs and is kind of depressing - you'll probably like it. It's a very single lensed somewhat downbeat drama