In an era of Trump politics, it was only a matter of time before entertainment began to frame itself around an historic election. The season two premiere of High Maintenance brilliantly interweaves mass mourning with the self and raises questions that undoubtedly run through the mind during a time of crisis: Should I go into work today? Should I go to the gym? Should I break my diet? Should I even be thinking about myself?
We follow as The Guy makes rounds through a New York City that has awakened to terrible news; what the news is is ambiguous and never clairifed by the show, but it's bad enough that people cry in the streets and exclaim at their cell phones. It's a busier day than usual since clients want nothing to do with the tragedy and just want to disconnect from everything.
As the episode continues, we see that, despite awful things that occur, life goes on. A beautiful scene set in the subway is breathtakingly sincere and simple but also monumentally prescient to a polarized United States. These may be the "end times," but hope is maintained: hope for a better tomorrow, for a better future. It's what drives the narrarive of the episode as well as our current climate, and it is just excellent.
We follow as The Guy makes rounds through a New York City that has awakened to terrible news; what the news is is ambiguous and never clairifed by the show, but it's bad enough that people cry in the streets and exclaim at their cell phones. It's a busier day than usual since clients want nothing to do with the tragedy and just want to disconnect from everything.
As the episode continues, we see that, despite awful things that occur, life goes on. A beautiful scene set in the subway is breathtakingly sincere and simple but also monumentally prescient to a polarized United States. These may be the "end times," but hope is maintained: hope for a better tomorrow, for a better future. It's what drives the narrarive of the episode as well as our current climate, and it is just excellent.
