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Curon (2020)
Watch In italian!
I read some reviews saying this is bad. Fair enough if you watched in Italian (maybe with subtitles if you don't speak Italian) but if you didn't, remember that dubbing can sometimes ruin a show. I haven't seen the English/other dub of this show but in the case of other shows, which I've enjoyed in Italian, I've found them almost unwatchable when dubbed. I enjoyed Curon.
Love, Victor (2020)
Love, this show
Can't wait for every episode! Is Rachel Hilson's acting being overlooked here or has it already been said how much depth she adds?
Ilana Glazer: The Planet Is Burning (2020)
First times are hard
I like Ilana Glazer. This, her FIRST special, wasn't that funny. I think I only laughed once. But I wasn't rolling my eyes the whole time either - if you like Ilana Glazer, it's pleasant to watch. No worse than chatting with a friend. Ilana Glazer is likeable and charismatic and I really think she could get better at this with more tries. She has something for sure, but she's getting a special on a global streaming platform for her first big performance/first time getting back on the horse. She's successful, so that was an option for her. It's like George Harrison said about learning in public (ie. That he did that).
I hope she perfects this craft, if she's passionate about it. I don't think anything will hold her back. She's making the right observations, just like Broad City, and she's a good performer - the writing and structure of it is just not there yet. There were moments where I thought "wait, was that the punchline?" and others that were a little better. I even think the material was pretty strong at times, it just could've been written better. Kids being forced to reenact the holocaust by teachers sounds like gold. It's confusing and questionable and and maybe sadistic and maybe the kids found it fun because it's not a sit-down lesson, so the teachers had to take it up a notch trying to scare them (but within the context of a school) until it got to be something weird and completely different from the holocaust etc. IG just didn't do much with it. Maybe she's just not familiar with the medium yet, maybe she should have spent more time on less gags. There was some good material here, just a little wasted.
At best, this is like a fun school assembly. At worst, you'll grumble about how "woke" it is and use that as a reason for it not being very funny. (Don't do that. Even if you don't agree with Ilana Glazer's outlook, she didn't say anything offensive. Don't even bother complaining about that or how it offended you. How much actual (and acclaimed) offensive comedy have women and minorities had to put up with throughout time? Complain that it's not funny, not that it's "too woke". And if you feel annoyance and frustration at inoffensive yet progressive comments and you find that this distresses you, that's on you, not the speaker. Maybe think about what you heard instead of reacting so primally. Preachiness is another thing, but this wasn't preachy. Sometimes people hear preaching when they hear mildly liberal opinions they haven't heard before, but it's likely just their conscience telling them they've been wrong all this time.)
If "woke" comedy exists, and I see no reason why it shouldn't - if we're still having to call uncontroversial comments like "the patriarchy exists" "woke" - then Ilana Glazer might find it. If you have never heard of Ilana Glazer, watch broad city. If you've never heard of Ilana Glazer and you don't want to watch broad city, don't watch this special. If you watched broad city and you liked it, might as well watch this special. If you watched broad city and you didn't like it, wtf are you sure? Go watch it again.
I Care a Lot (2020)
I'm not sure why everyone seems to hate it so much
I mean it wasn't great, but I've talked to people who said it was awful, which I didn't think it was. It did exactly what it wanted to do. I only give it a 6 because that's how enjoyable it was to me. We got hints of backstory with a few characters and no arcs, but they didn't want to do that, it seems. It's more of a story of a bunch of people playing a game, not their personal developments. The thing is, it's not that fun or interesting of a game, and maybe that's because most of the characters are dislikable, so I'm not rooting for what happens, filled with tension as they almost get what they want, I'm rooting for what doesn't happen (don't want to comment on ending). Overall I think it's a neatly put together plot and does have interesting twists and turns and a lot of cause and effect. It just feels a little like the last few episodes of a season of something. I would be more on board if I knew these characters well enough to care (a lot haha) about all this. It jumps into the action a little early for me. Main woman seems to have only one motivation (with a few unexplored hints as to why she's like this), maybe that's the point, but it's not very interesting.
Ali Wong: Baby Cobra (2016)
I felt like I was spreading covid to my iPad from laughing and had to clean it afterwards to be safe
I've seen a lot of angry white male youtubers posting videos about how women aren't funny - it's such a stupid stigma to believe in (and I don't like that I'm drawing attention to it here), but I understand why it exists because historically there have been so many more acclaimed male comedians than there are female ones. Their arguments were so stupid, with no regard for how women have only been able to do a lot of jobs much more recently than men, and I hated to think that I couldn't clap back with a female comedian I really liked, until now.
Ali Wong is exhibit A, I'm sure I'll fill up the rest of the alphabet with all the other comedians I've been sleeping on, but for now let me say that Baby Cobra is a great show. I really liked Wong's physical comedy, expressiveness and delivery, and it wasn't the same old topics, there was such a variety: feminism, Texas Instrument calculators, poop. Hard Knock Wife is next on my list (still pregnant!? It's all good, you should wait until you're ready).
Go and watch this special so that Ali Wong can retire and become a house wife/genius... or actually don't...
Curon (2020)
Watch In italian!
I read some reviews saying this is bad. Fair enough if you watched in Italian (maybe with subtitles if you don't speak Italian) but if you didn't, remember that dubbing can sometimes ruin a show. I haven't seen the English/other dub of this show but in the case of other shows, which I've enjoyed in Italian, I've found them almost unwatchable when dubbed. I enjoyed Curon.
Handsome Devil (2016)
Go and watch it. Please.
I have watched quite a few films in the last few days because I have a cold and am in bed, and this is one that has stuck with me for a few days. It's not exactly a nuanced message, but I enjoyed the acting, the characters, the relationships and the writing. Not to mention the direction. I enjoyed it all, that is to say.
Documentary Now! (2015)
It's not a sketch show (sort of)
(They're not really spoilers but I want you to experience this stuff in the show first.) I love it when comedians do something really creative, and perhaps off-putting to the general public, and it pays off. I scrolled past this on Amazon and it intrigued me because I like Bill Hader and Fred Armisen, but I assumed it had been a hit and miss because it only had 7 reviews, which averaged 4 stars (pretty low for amazon I thought). I was wrong. When I eventually watched it, I found that it is a really funny, creative and intriguing show. I also thought it would be a sketch show, but it's not. Sure, they explore different characters who are played by the same people every episode, but the story develops (as much as it can in just twenty minutes) in a way I don't often see in this type of comedy. It's not just funny, I actually want to know how the episode ends. I love the premise. It's cool that it allowed them to have the freedom to really do whatever they wanted, like SPOILERS FROM NOW ON: have characters be killed off within the first few minutes. ANOTHER SPOILER: "Their dog is a chicken" made me laugh so much that I now find it completely unamusing (apparently, unamusing is not a word - did not know that).
The Roommate (2011)
Oh my gosh they were roommates
That is all
I give it 5 stars
5/10 though
So not too many
I didn't like it that much is all
What are you saying
I can think what I think whatever ok?
Middleditch & Schwartz (2020)
Literally loling
When it said at the start "everything in this show is improvised and made up on the spot. Nothing is written or prepared beforehand", I thought that might be an excuse. It's really not. This is the only thing for a while to get me literally loling (laughing out loud, overall this has taken more time to type, but I think it sounds snappy - also, you probably already knew what I meant). I really hope they put more of them on Netflix because I'm about to finish them after watching the first 2 yesterday. I see improv get mocked a lot but now I think I'm about to get into it.