Okay, i will admit that i picked up this show a tired summer-day where every other show is on hiatus.
The first sketch was a good start, with some black humor parodying the everyday suburban house-life and our desire to leave it. However, this first impression was soon to be overshadowed by the next sketch, that was taken out of a feminist playbook. Now, you can have many opinions about feminism, good or bad, but it can not be denied that it is a very controversial topic that always bring a storm of debate with it.
The sketch about how the world would be Utopia if women were in charge could be seen as satire of feminism itself, or a feminist statement, but the sketch being so early in the pilot episode sets the tone, and i feel dragged into another debate about it.
The rest of the sketches are good enough, and reminds me of the British "the sketch-show", low-panned quick sketch with a singular punch- line. However instead of getting the funny point, it drags out into quip remarks about the society.
I do see where this show wants to go, and if they can master it, it would be a remarkable show. However, good satire is a satire that manages to punch in all directions and that has no political agenda to promote than to make fun of those in power. I do not feel that this show do this.
The first sketch was a good start, with some black humor parodying the everyday suburban house-life and our desire to leave it. However, this first impression was soon to be overshadowed by the next sketch, that was taken out of a feminist playbook. Now, you can have many opinions about feminism, good or bad, but it can not be denied that it is a very controversial topic that always bring a storm of debate with it.
The sketch about how the world would be Utopia if women were in charge could be seen as satire of feminism itself, or a feminist statement, but the sketch being so early in the pilot episode sets the tone, and i feel dragged into another debate about it.
The rest of the sketches are good enough, and reminds me of the British "the sketch-show", low-panned quick sketch with a singular punch- line. However instead of getting the funny point, it drags out into quip remarks about the society.
I do see where this show wants to go, and if they can master it, it would be a remarkable show. However, good satire is a satire that manages to punch in all directions and that has no political agenda to promote than to make fun of those in power. I do not feel that this show do this.