On the topic of New TV.

[theweaselking]

There is a whole lot of new TV lately, and I like comedies. So I need to mention a few.

#1: Speechless: Minnie Driver is an overprotective mother of a kid with cerebral palsy who needs a wheelchair and can't speak. Hilarity ensues.

#2: The Good Place: Kristen Bell has died and gone to heaven, or at least the sort of heaven you get when the most any religion has gotten right is 20%. Catch is, there's been a clerical error, she's not supposed to be there. Hilarity ensues.

#3: Graves: Former President Nick Nolte regrets everything he did while in office from 1980-1988, loses the plot, decides to fix things. It's The West Wing meets Bojack Horseman.

Comments

[tjackson.livejournal.com]

i'm loving the ethics humor and ted danson in #2

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

I was genuinely surprised. And it's killing me with laughter, it's so good.

[lurkerwithout.livejournal.com]

EPIX? oh ok its another streaming service. Enh.

Anyway "Speechless" and "The Good Place" are both great.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

What's EPIX?

[lurkerwithout.livejournal.com]

The channel that has "Graves" in the US.

[dionysus1999.livejournal.com]

Depending on your tolerance for politically incorrect humor, Ali Wong's stand up special Baby Cobra on Netflix is hilarious. She was very pregnant, and uses it to her advantage.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

Depends on your meaning when you say "politically incorrect". If you're just using a politically correct term to say "racist, sexist, homophobic, hateful, and stupid" without admitting it, and hiding behind the "politically incorrect" label, then my tolerance is fairly low.

If you just mean "makes humourous steak from sacred cows" then I like it just fine.

[dionysus1999.livejournal.com]

She's a bit raunchy, a little bit sexist, but aware of her sexism. Mostly the latter.