The low ratings thus far on this show made me create an account just to log on and tell you what you're missing out on.
Difficult People is difficult. Yes, the main characters can be abhorrent. Yes, especially in the pilot. No, they're not the best people. They're pretty annoying, actually. But.
The show is a deconstruction and homage to every show about comedians and comedies based in New York. It's very obvious halfway through the first episode (in a library fountain water drinking water joke) that the two are completely clueless, and every episode ends with them (very cruelly, in some of the later episodes) getting their just desserts.
I almost didn't continue watching after the pilot. I mean, it was funny, in a gleefully malicious revenge porn way. But as I continued I realized that this is the Will and Grace of the new century. It's original, and the vein of humor that runs through the show is true irony in a Dahl-esque fashion. This is a show where we have vapid, vain characters searching for self-acceptance in the arms of others and they're failing miserably. Everywhere they turn and look they are denied access to minor successes and it' solely a result of their behavior. It's a critical look at the entire idea of comedy... and that Amy Poehler had the courage to try a non-formulaic comedy that didn't rely on a laugh track says a lot about her.
Give it a shot, stick with it to the second episode. The characters grow on you. Even as they're punished they grow, and it's a treat to watch.
Difficult People is difficult. Yes, the main characters can be abhorrent. Yes, especially in the pilot. No, they're not the best people. They're pretty annoying, actually. But.
The show is a deconstruction and homage to every show about comedians and comedies based in New York. It's very obvious halfway through the first episode (in a library fountain water drinking water joke) that the two are completely clueless, and every episode ends with them (very cruelly, in some of the later episodes) getting their just desserts.
I almost didn't continue watching after the pilot. I mean, it was funny, in a gleefully malicious revenge porn way. But as I continued I realized that this is the Will and Grace of the new century. It's original, and the vein of humor that runs through the show is true irony in a Dahl-esque fashion. This is a show where we have vapid, vain characters searching for self-acceptance in the arms of others and they're failing miserably. Everywhere they turn and look they are denied access to minor successes and it' solely a result of their behavior. It's a critical look at the entire idea of comedy... and that Amy Poehler had the courage to try a non-formulaic comedy that didn't rely on a laugh track says a lot about her.
Give it a shot, stick with it to the second episode. The characters grow on you. Even as they're punished they grow, and it's a treat to watch.