Well, holy fucking fuck. Would I be unreasonable if I said that I can’t really tell you anything about the hilarious, dark, unexpected, horrifying, weird, and heartbreaking show Am I Being Unreasonable? (2022)? Except to say that thank the holy banana it's been given a second season? And that we clearly need to see more … Continue reading AM I BEING UNREASONABLE? (2022): Hilarious, Dark, Unexpected, Horrifying, Weird—and I Want More
RYE LANE (2023): A Glorious Rom-Com with Some Frenetic Editing
These two things are true: I thoroughly, thoroughly enjoyed the romantic comedy Rye Lane (2023), but the somewhat frenetic editing, especially at the beginning, put me off to such a degree that I almost stopped watching. Just like one person’s tired clichés can be another's comforting throughlines, one person's edifying artistic interjections can be another's … Continue reading RYE LANE (2023): A Glorious Rom-Com with Some Frenetic Editing
WELLMANIA. (2023): Soft on Wellness Satire, But High on Bingeability, Comedy, and Relatability.
I mostly know the star of Wellmania, Celeste Barber, from her hilarious and humanizing spoofs of celebrities' Instagram posts. For example, there could be a highly edited nude picture of the model Emily Ratajkowski where her arm is draped across her breasts while a pink, heart-shaped leaf perfectly covers her pubic area. Then, in a … Continue reading WELLMANIA. (2023): Soft on Wellness Satire, But High on Bingeability, Comedy, and Relatability.
No Traces (Sin Huellas) (2023): A Black Comedy Action Series From Spain About Marginalized Women That Leaves a Very Good Impression
A high-energy, Western-hued black comedy about two women who, marginalized by society but bonded by friendship, accidentally stumble into a whole mess of very thorny problems definitely not of their making but that they will ultimately untangle? Yeah, that's right. You might just want to slip on your favorite Binging Britches for the Spanish series … Continue reading No Traces (Sin Huellas) (2023): A Black Comedy Action Series From Spain About Marginalized Women That Leaves a Very Good Impression
CLASS OF ’07 (2023): A Fairly Tasty Apocalyptic Series
At this point, it seems that apocalypse-themed series come in nearly every flavor imaginable. In the case of Class of '07, an Australian series that follows a group of women trapped at their Catholic boarding school when a world-ending wave makes landfall during their reunion, the results are, for me, a bit mixed. It's like … Continue reading CLASS OF ’07 (2023): A Fairly Tasty Apocalyptic Series