“Not all of it works. In fact, a lot of it doesn’t. Maybe the misses are inevitable when the goal is an explosion of concepts and barrage of jokes; some won’t land. But the ones that do stick with you,” writes Tribune critic Nina_Metz.
among them. “It’s all in good fun!” is the tone, which carries things a long way, even if there isn’t enough material strong enough to justify eight half-hour episodes.
Some of the sketches are recurring bits throughout the season while others are one-offs, including an impassioned debate among diplomats about the origins of humus, orWilliam Shakespeare as an Elizabethan version of the obnoxious Hollywood showrunner prone to stealing ideas: “You don’t understand the pressure I’m under!”
It’s a style of comedy filled with sidelong jokes at the margins. A muttered reference to Rasputin: “Who woulda known he would be my favorite Putin?” Or a Bible-era character holding up an hourglass: “It’s half past sand, someone’s late again.” Or Ulysses S. Grant strolling through his encampment and passing a medical tent where a doctor says to nobody in particular: “Can I get a dull saw?”Not all of it works. In fact, a lot of it doesn’t.
I love the season-long arc following Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm’s 1972 run for president, re-imagined here as a Norman Lear sitcom starring Sykes as “Shirley!” Mashing up TV comedy high jinks and actual history works better than I would have thought, particularly when Chisholm is stunned to learn that neither Gloria Steinem nor Jesse Jackson are backing her:“We definitely want a Black person, can’t you see? But just maybe a Black man — someone likeWanda Sykes as Shirley Chisholm...
But it’s also just a terrific homage to the era. David Duchovny as Howard Cosell tries to corner Chisholm for an interview at the convention and she’s not having it: “Outta my way, Monday Night goofball!” That Marla Gibbs of “The Jeffersons” shows up in these sketches is just the cherry on top.The other season-long sketch that stands out is the story of Jesus.
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