Review of Downtown

Downtown (1999–2000)
10/10
This show deserved many seasons.
25 September 2022
The effort invested in this show visually puts modern shows such as Big Mouth to shame. Not to say that every show needs to have the wonderfully detailed backgrounds of Downtown but the team behind this late 90's treasure does more with one episode than some shows do in an entire season.

With regular psychedelic scenes mixed in with relatable story lines, the brilliant voice cast make the show an excellent watch.

Even as an animated series with heavy line work against detailed and sometimes murky backgrounds, this show feels more realistic of what it may have been like to live in 90's New York City compared to contemporaries such as Friends which felt even more set on a sound stage as it went on.

There isn't a bad episode in this series and seeing the BTS video on YouTube explains how the process creates believable and likeable characters.
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