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I Am Not Okay with This (2020)
Cancelled?
WTF, Netflix?
This was really building up to something great!
I've been anxious to find out what happens next, and I find out it was cancelled.
Sheesh!
Kim's Convenience (2016)
On the edge, but not over.
Sit-coms can be difficult. The last thing I want is another cast of stereotyped characters quipping at each other with helpful laughter to let you know what is supposed to be funny.
The characters in Kim's Convenience are a little caricatured- it's the nature of the genre- but they still come off as human.
The dialogue is not filled with the pseudo-clever "Oscar Milde" zingers. The situations they find themselves in make it easy to suspend disbelief and enjoy mistakes, awkwardness, and embarrassment that ensues. In the end of each episode there is resolution and we are happy for them.
The secondary characters are great, especially the customers and their interactions with the irritable Mr. Kim.
I know it was used to make the show funnier, but it seems kinda problematic... still, the Koreans involved must have had agency to do it or not... What I mean is, the Kim's must have been in Canada for more than two decades yet their accents remain pretty heavy and they often speak like learners. None of the other Korean characters do this (except the cousin, of course.) Given this I'd expect them to speak Korean to each other, but I guess that would have been a practical problem in making the show.
The Kominsky Method (2018)
Come back, Norman!
The first two "seasons" ( six episodes is a season?) of this show were fantastic. The chemistry between Douglas and Arkin was fantastic!
Waiting for new episodes was genuinely frustrating! It was that good.
But I didn't realize Alan Arkin wouldn't be in the third season, and that was truly the end.
Arkin brought 100% of comedic talents to portray the blunt, suspicious, rigid, infuriating Norman with actual sympathy.
There was no real point in trying any further without Arkin on board. But they did. Thus, my nine, instead of ten, stars.
Never Have I Ever (2020)
Devi, Get Help!
This is a show about a teenager with a terrible personality disorder. It may have been triggered by the sudden death of her father.
Devi has a habit of treating other people like objects or tools that she manipulates to feel good about herself. She's not exactly a sociopath- she does inevitably feel guilty and confess, but she almost immediately does it again.
She also has major anger issues.
If there is another season it should consist of her being on a psych ward and receiving intensive therapy to help her live in society without hurting people.