Tag: Comedy
Grace Under Pressure and 90s Feminism
Aside from a Queen pun I could’ve opened this review with, this 8-episode audio drama from PasticheNYC tackles the 90s in a way that isn’t driven by nostalgia from non-marginalized groups. Like any historical period—women, people of color and the LGBTQ community didn’t have as many freedoms as their straight white male counterparts. Truth be…
Goodbye Blue Mondays: Humorous Toxic Masculinity in a Hunger Games World
“Goodbye Blue Mondays” may not encapsulate the themes and story with its title. It’s take on the Hunger Games “Lottery” setting mechanic makes one slightly nervous, in fact . In these first three episodes of six total, the only time we hear those three words are during the credits. The creator, Gregory Bayne, dropped episodes…
Magus Elgar: Comedy and Worldbuilding
Magus Elgar does the impractical with fantastical worldbuilding and character-based comedy. The end result is an 11-episode audio drama with series potential that starts off rather weak, but gains momentum fast enough for the show not to lose one’s interest.
Big Data | The Complete Series (Episodes 1-9)
Ryan Estrada’s nine episode comedy series asks some big questions and tackles even bigger ideas. Big Data is both funny and smart. A trait not found in a lot of humor pieces. At its heart Big Data will appease fans of both random side jokes and those who prefer a coherent story with humor sprinkled in. Almost all the jokes…
Ray Gunn and Starburst: Series One
This superhero origin story achieves the same effect as the Deadpool film, while at the same time fulfilling the promises inherent in the genre of space opera comedies. Ray Gunn and Starburst starts off a little lackluster. There’s nothing new here, aside from the fourth wall breaking, and even then that feels like a gimmick.…
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