Before we dig into the shotgun blast of comedy delivered in “Nirvanna The Band The Show,” an overview is needed as to what, exactly, this new Viceland comedy is about.
More pressing than usual given its purposefully confounding title, let us start by saying the show has very little to do with Kurt Cobain’s ’90s grunge band. A few bars of “Smells Like Teen Spirit” play right before the credits roll, but that’s pretty much the only direct connection to Nirvana. “Nirvanna” does follow a pair of musicians– Check that: It follows two members of a band that’s never played any music, but nonetheless wants a gig and will do anything to get one.
The 30-minute “semi-scripted” series tracks two Toronto-based roommates and best friends played by co-creators Jay McCarrol and Matt Johnson, whose schemes to play The Rivoli make up the basis for individual episodes. Whether...
More pressing than usual given its purposefully confounding title, let us start by saying the show has very little to do with Kurt Cobain’s ’90s grunge band. A few bars of “Smells Like Teen Spirit” play right before the credits roll, but that’s pretty much the only direct connection to Nirvana. “Nirvanna” does follow a pair of musicians– Check that: It follows two members of a band that’s never played any music, but nonetheless wants a gig and will do anything to get one.
The 30-minute “semi-scripted” series tracks two Toronto-based roommates and best friends played by co-creators Jay McCarrol and Matt Johnson, whose schemes to play The Rivoli make up the basis for individual episodes. Whether...
- 2/1/2017
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
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