Review of Toon

Toon (2016–2017)
9/10
Success!
23 April 2022
That seems to be what Dutch people say to wish each other well, but maybe it's used with especial frequency here where the desirability of success, especially in the hellish vapidity of social media, is perpetually, ironically thrown into question.

Brilliant show, often as subversive as Seinfeld and at its best equally funny, occasionally funnier. Even if it wasn't so well-written and engaging, it would have a special place in my heart for the ruthless way it exposes and lampoons grosser male attitudes to women - attitudes decidedly not those of the very likeable and interesting main character, Toon.

Other than that, sort of an aside, but I can't help noting that some of the publicity images, including the primary one on IMDB, make Toon more, shall we say, conventionally attractive than he actually is. Given that this show is primarily a satire of precisely this kind of PR fatuity, this feels a bit like a punch in the stomach. His actual face is fine, guys. FFS.
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