This actually is not much of a review. More like a rumble. I like the show, the writers are smart, the dialogues are well written, the performances are OK and all that jazz, especially Louie Anderson! Wow, that man touches my heart in every scene!!!
But this is not a comedy. It is so bloody miserably depressing. It is like a black comedy that doesn't make you laugh. My brain laughs from time to time ... silently. But mostly I want to kill myself watching this show.
And I am sure it is Louis C.K's fault, because his sense of humor is like that. He always emphasizes on the misery of losers, on the harsh reality of ugly wasted lives.
Don't get me wrong. It has a really good quality to it. I am NOT saying it is bad in any way. It is just not funny. It's ironic, yes! Nothing wrong with irony. But it is not funny. I love black comedy. But this. This is not a comedy. It is not even black comedy. No, this is like being hungry and cutting up small pieces of your leg and eating them. Satisfies your hunger to an extent, but you are bloody eating yourself man!
I want more. And I don't. I am so conflicted!
I like though the fact that we have gone so far in television series that they don't have to be "feel good" "happy go lucky" to see the light of day. But this is NOT a comedy. Like "Transparent" .... not a comedy.
I would say Dramatic Satire. Heavy on the "dramatic"
:)
But this is not a comedy. It is so bloody miserably depressing. It is like a black comedy that doesn't make you laugh. My brain laughs from time to time ... silently. But mostly I want to kill myself watching this show.
And I am sure it is Louis C.K's fault, because his sense of humor is like that. He always emphasizes on the misery of losers, on the harsh reality of ugly wasted lives.
Don't get me wrong. It has a really good quality to it. I am NOT saying it is bad in any way. It is just not funny. It's ironic, yes! Nothing wrong with irony. But it is not funny. I love black comedy. But this. This is not a comedy. It is not even black comedy. No, this is like being hungry and cutting up small pieces of your leg and eating them. Satisfies your hunger to an extent, but you are bloody eating yourself man!
I want more. And I don't. I am so conflicted!
I like though the fact that we have gone so far in television series that they don't have to be "feel good" "happy go lucky" to see the light of day. But this is NOT a comedy. Like "Transparent" .... not a comedy.
I would say Dramatic Satire. Heavy on the "dramatic"
:)