Stars: 5/5 ⭐️ Season two of Difficult People is just as amazing as the first, one might even say better. Difficult People, for the uninitiated, follows Julie Klausner and Billy Eichner's, alter egos, Julie Kessler and Billy Epstein as they try to become famous in NYC. This season, Difficult People finds its footing more in the second season, with a balance of heart, crude humor, and dark jokes, and the mixing of the three being on point season long. With this season there seems to be more continuity, even though each episode can be seen as a one-off episode, however, there are callbacks to earlier in the season, which I think makes the show, because it does feel like the show is building to something. I didn't say this in the season one review, but the number of guests they bring onto the show is incredible. The biggest probably is Juliane Moore, but they also have Lin-Manuel Miranda, as well as personalities from The Real Housewives of New York, and everyone in between. There is more of the character Lola, which I think the addition of her adds to the whole show's feel, as a building universe, as she is the only new recurring character in the show. The character interactions with the show are phenomenal, with the whole episode of a twist where Billy starts dating his boss's brother, which complicated Billy's and his boss's relationship in the most hilarious way. The best episode I think is the trials and tribulations that Billy and Julie go through trying to write because as a writer myself, writing can be difficult, and I loved seeing an episode about figuring how what to write. In all, the second season of Difficult People is a stand-out season with hilarious plots, great cameos, and an overall great time.
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Stars: 5/5 ⭐️ This show didn't deserve to get canceled. Don't Trust the B in Apt. 23 is probably one of the best shows ever, cause it was so crazy, and ridiculous, and a gut-busting laugh all the time, while still being an ABC original. Following Chloe, the B in Apt. 23, played by Krysten Ritter, and her friend (but she doesn't want to admit it) June, a wanna-be Wall Street analyst, played by Dreama Walker, Don't Trust the B in Apt. 23 is just Chloe's ridiculous adventures, where June tries to stop her, where they kinda question society's ideas, especially for the 2012/2013 area, with some of them ringing true even now. And we can't forget James Van-Der-Beak, playing a dramatized version of himself, who's Chloe and June's best friend, and usually Chloe's source of income. Chloe though is the main draw of the show. She's funny, clever, and always has a scam up her sleeve to get rent money, or money to get blackout wasted for multiple days. And although these characters are ridiculous, they feel real, as the characters rub off on each other, with Chloe getting more sympathetic, and June learning the world isn't clean and clear cut, and there are a lot of places in life that can be considered a gray area. A character who isn't seen all the time, but is always a treat is Luther, James' gay assistant, who just like all the other characters are kinda ridiculous, but he doesn't feel like a stereotype... okay he might, but in the good way, where you will laugh with him, cause his character has some great slams in the show. Also what's refreshing is that the character Chloe has sex a lot in the show, but it isn't an arc where she slowly learns that she should find "the one", but instead that's just her, and it's what makes her happy. The first season is only 7 episodes, so it is an easy weekend watch, which will leave you cackling and wanting more, which thankfully the second season has 19 episodes to satisfy you. Stars: 5/5 ⭐️ Difficult People, following Julie Klausner and Billy Eichner's, alter egos, Julie Kessler and Billy Epstein as they try to become famous in NYC. Now, this show is hilarious, which is an understatement, but that is the best way to describe it. Each episode will usually follow a weird adventure that the two go on, and there is an overarching plot in the first season besides them trying to do various things that make them famous like... become a YouTube personality, start a podcast on NPR, lie about being atheists to get onto a podcast, start their own version of the ice bucket challenge, force a nice to do ballet with famous gay dads, and so much more. The show feels similar in structure to Broad City, with the comedy also feeling a little similar, just darker and crueler, so if you are a Broad City fan, this show is for you. I think is this also emulated in the fact that Julie Klausner created Difficult People, and she also executive produces and writes every episode as well, which brings. feel of small group project energy. The show's representation is amazing as well. There's Billy, who is gay, and his co-worker, Matthew, who is like a gay stereotype, but since there are so many other representations of gay men, it doesn't feel like gay men are being put in a box. There is also Lola, a transgender woman, who is also Billy's co-worker, who is laugh-out-loud hilarious, as she's a conspiracist, and will just shout random conspiracies all the time, as well as just roast anyone for saying anything to her, which really makes her a 3-dimensional character as trans characters are usually made to laugh at, not laugh with... well, in this you do laugh at her conspiracies, but you also laugh with her with she fires multiple jokes at her co-workers. Overall, this show is astounding, as no matter who you are, the show will be making you laugh for sure, it's funny, it's got heart, it will make you gasp, and it will sure make you laugh uncontrollably. Stars: ∞/5 ⭐️ I'm just going to say it. I'm here for the queer. I remember when the first promotional ads came out for this, and the internet was taking a dump on it because it looked like it just grabbed a bunch of stereotypes and made a show. And while that is true, it's more than just that, especially because, and these are not my words but, it makes fun of queer people, the way queer people make fun of other queer people. If you are a queer person, this is the show for you. Made by, written by, acted by, and made for queer people, and it really is, there are jokes that straight people will not understand, which may be why they don't think it's funny but trust me, it's hilarious. Q-Force's hilarious take on spy media, follows a ragtag group of queer agents, Steve, a gay man, Stat, a trans woman, Deb, a lesbian woman, Buck, a straight, and Twink a gay man, who is the most stereotyped character but is the funniest by far, and he would love I say this, and he's the most iconic character of the show. This show will go out of its way to satirize the hell out of every scenario that the characters are put in, while still able to have a lot of heart in the show, with one of the central plots circling the traumatizing effects of conversion therapy, as well as what makes a family. Each episode feels like it could be a bottle episode, as it has a similar vibe to shows like HTGAWM, with an episodic and serialized feel to each episode, which I think allows for the non-necessary need to binge, as the show really ramps up in the final three episodes, while the others do build to the central plot, they more focus on the what's happening solely in the episode. One of the greatest parts of the show though is a remix of the Princess Diaries, with a character, Mira who is the princess of Gyenorvya and is a #girlboss. (which tells you everything you need to know about the character. There are very few shows that seem to have proper queer representation, and Q-Force is one of those shows, and hopefully, we will see the second season of this show, but sadly, with Netflix, it's always a mixed bag. But, at least hopefully, with the positive response the show has gotten, there will be a positive influx of actually representative shows with queer characters at the helm. |
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