2.7/10 stars? I am truly befuddled by the plethora of 1 star reviews here, and perhaps a touch suspicious as well. For as many monosyllabic button thumping haters that took the time to chime in, almost none of them offer any usable insight or helpful critiques. Just a lot of declarative nonsense, such as "A 40 year old woman should NOT be portraying a 14 year old boy", and "horrible and cringeworthy. DO NOT BOTHER", "I am Iranian and I did NOT think this was funny". Apparently none of them got the memo explaining just how it is that opinions are like A-holes. Something that these self-righteous naysayers might consider is that a 1 star review is about as worthy of consideration as a 10 star review, and is almost always left by an angry and determined saboteur.
Chad is indeed cringeworthy. But guess what? One might say that cringeworthy and comedy fine bedfellows make and do not inherently cancel the other out. Chad IS awkward. But guess what? 14 year old boys are the living embodiment of awkwardness. These "critiques" are tantamount to complaining about a horror movie being scary. I suppose my having been an awkward teenage boy at one point in my life did not hurt my appreciation for Nasim's uncanny channeling of this character, but seeing as my wife loved it as much as I did, it appears that that alone is not a deal breaker. After all, I adored PEN15 as well, and as far as I recall, I was never a pubescent teenage girl.
There may be those that gave Chad an honest go, stuck with it for a few episodes, found it was not for them, and decided to leave a fair and honest user review. If so, none of those people seem to be anywhere in sight, because all we have here is a bunch of boohooing simpletons, disparaging creative output that is probably just a tweak beyond their sphere of comprehension.
My advice is to at least take a peek at Chad.
Chad is indeed cringeworthy. But guess what? One might say that cringeworthy and comedy fine bedfellows make and do not inherently cancel the other out. Chad IS awkward. But guess what? 14 year old boys are the living embodiment of awkwardness. These "critiques" are tantamount to complaining about a horror movie being scary. I suppose my having been an awkward teenage boy at one point in my life did not hurt my appreciation for Nasim's uncanny channeling of this character, but seeing as my wife loved it as much as I did, it appears that that alone is not a deal breaker. After all, I adored PEN15 as well, and as far as I recall, I was never a pubescent teenage girl.
There may be those that gave Chad an honest go, stuck with it for a few episodes, found it was not for them, and decided to leave a fair and honest user review. If so, none of those people seem to be anywhere in sight, because all we have here is a bunch of boohooing simpletons, disparaging creative output that is probably just a tweak beyond their sphere of comprehension.
My advice is to at least take a peek at Chad.