It stands to reason that "Reboot" is immediately an entertainment business of industry jargon and inside jokes. From "Modern Family" creator Steven Levitan, the new Hulu series represents the reboot, also streaming on Hulu, of a family sitcom and all the behind-the-scenes drama that inevitably follows. Levitan, whose credits include "Just Shoot Me" and "Wings," obviously knows his way around a multi-camera, and his pilot co-writer John Enbom had a meal in "Party Down" exploiting the seedier corners of Hollywood ambition. . Combining the two sensitivities gives a realistic look at life on a studio lot, but that's probably a given. That he ends up toothless is a real surprise.
Premiering for three episodes on September 20, the series opens with bullied millennial Hannah getting the green light to revive the seemingly ordinary '90s sitcom "Step Right Up." It's an odd career choice after receiving so much praise for her short film "Cunt Saw," but Hannah is determined to make it happen nonetheless. With original creator Gordon and the cast (pretentious Reed, outgoing Bree, wild card Clay, and grown-up child actor Zack) on board for lack of anything better to do, both the reboot and "Reboot" can get down to business. the work. putting on a perfectly good show, week after week. It would have been easy to turn "Reboot" into a "Modern Family"-style mockumentary given its swagger, but the fact that Levitan and Enbom resisted that urge is honestly refreshing.
Creator: Steven Levitan
Stars: Keegan-Michael Key, Johnny Knoxville, Rachel Bloom
All of these actors, as well as guest stars Fred Melamed and Rose Abdoo as Gordon's veteran television writers, have proven time and time again that they are extremely capable of delivering a line with a unique twist, and have often been the best. parts of any project. lucky to have them. The same is true here, with Greer especially taking advantage of the opportunity to make each scene memorable. Also deserving of special mention are Krista Marie Yu as Hulu's youthful VP of comedy and Alyah Chanelle Scott as the recurring "new girl" who quickly explains why it should be a series regular. Key and Knoxville are particularly good when their characters give in to their baser instincts, as is Bloom in the rare moments when he doesn't have to spend all his time berating Reiser's laziest boss.
Yet for all the show's clever performances, the scripts they're working on seem less sure of their direction. This clash is more important in the dynamic of the relationship between Gordon and Hannah, who are not just bickering co-workers, but estranged father and daughter. As actors, Bloom and Reiser make a great comedic couple; as characters, Hannah and Gordon too often get caught in a rapidly aging loop. Hannah, in particular, becomes more of a service to the plot and a "millennial vs. Boomer" divide in the writers' room than the person who promised the pilot. Why would the woman who wrote “Cunt Saw” stick with a sitcom that, according to the “Step Right Up” scripts we see her and the writers putting together, rarely oversteps the bounds of the original version? Does she really have any jokes beyond her desire to address real issues, or is Gordon, the obvious facsimile of Levitan, almost always right? "Reboot" seems to change its mind with each passing episode, making it hard to get as invested in either character as conceit requires.
Most frustrating, though, is how each episode alternates between poking fun at the "sitcom" humor of shows like "Step Right Up" while indulging in its tropes entirely. A show that, for example, tries to poke fun at clichés but still makes someone laugh at an unconscious statement before stopping with "oh, are you serious?" he feels more confused than confident. Going out of its way to make fun of dead-end "dramedies," "Reboot" sets itself to the need to do better, but only occasionally does.
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