Tag: Black comedy

LUCKY HANK: DEPRESSION AS ENTERTAINMENTLUCKY HANK: DEPRESSION AS ENTERTAINMENT

Kevin Mathews 10:11 am
Lucky Hank

Lucky Hank is an American black comedy television series developed by Paul Lieberstein and Aaron Zelman based on the 1997 novel Straight Man by Richard Russo. Starring Bob Odenkirk, the series premiered on March 19, 2023, on AMC. The premise involves Professor Hank Devereaux (Odenkirk), an English department chairman at an underfunded Pennsylvania college, who walks the line between midlife crisis and full-blown meltdown, navigating the offbeat chaos in his personal and professional lives. (based on Wikipedia)

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THE MENU: FOODIE SATIRE TOO BITTERSWEET FOR CYNICAL TASTESTHE MENU: FOODIE SATIRE TOO BITTERSWEET FOR CYNICAL TASTES

Kevin Mathews 9:09 pm
The Menu

The Menu is a 2022 American dark comedy horror film directed by Mark Mylod. It features an ensemble cast that includes Ralph Fiennes, Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicholas Hoult, Hong Chau, Janet McTeer, Reed Birney, Judith Light, and John Leguizamo. The film focuses on a group of diners at an exclusive restaurant who discover the celebrity chef owner intends to kill them all before the night is over.

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THE RIGHTEOUS GEMSTONES SEASON 2 (ANALYSIS)THE RIGHTEOUS GEMSTONES SEASON 2 (ANALYSIS)

Kevin Mathews 10:00 pm
The Righteous Gemstones Season 2 Analysis

The Righteous Gemstones Season 2 is the second season of an American black comedy television drama series created by Danny McBride. The series follows a famous yet dysfunctional family of televangelists and megachurch pastors led by widowed patriarch Eli Gemstone (John Goodman). Eli and his immature children, Jesse (Danny McBride), Judy (Edi Patterson) and Kelvin (Adam DeVine), lead opulent lives funded by church donations.

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THE RIGHTEOUS GEMSTONES SEASON 1 (REVIEW)THE RIGHTEOUS GEMSTONES SEASON 1 (REVIEW)

Kevin Mathews 7:33 pm
The Righteous Gemstones Season 1 Review

The Righteous Gemstones is an American black comedy television drama series created by Danny McBride. The series follows a famous yet dysfunctional family of televangelists and megachurch pastors led by widowed patriarch Eli Gemstone (John Goodman). Eli and his immature children, Jesse (Danny McBride), Judy (Edi Patterson) and Kelvin (Adam DeVine), lead opulent lives funded by church donations.

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HACKS SEASON 1 (ANALYSIS)HACKS SEASON 1 (ANALYSIS)

Kevin Mathews 10:15 am
Hacks Season 1 Analysis

Hacks Season 1 is the first season of a streaming black comedy drama TV series. The series explores a dark mentorship that forms between Deborah Vance (Jean Smart), a legendary Las Vegas comedian, and Ava (Hannah Einbinder), an entitled, outcast 25-year-old writer. Created by Paul W. Downs, Lucia Aniello and Jen Statsky, Hacks premiered on May 13, 2021 on HBO Max. Analysis follows …

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VELVET BUZZSAWVELVET BUZZSAW

Kevin Mathews 12:13 pm
Velvet Buzzsaw

Velvet Buzzsaw is a 2019 American satirical black comedy horror film directed and written by Dan Gilroy and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Zawe Ashton, Rene Russo, Toni Collette, Daveed Diggs, Nitya Vidyasagar, Tom Sturridge, Natalia Dyer, Billy Magnussen, Mig Macario, and John Malkovich.

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