Master of None (Aziz Ansari, Netflix) TV Show • Page 13

Big fan of Love and You're the Worst. This show too. Almost finished with season two

 

It is rich people doing rich things and that's probably my biggest "complaint" about the show. That isn't a bad thing about the show, it's just so foreign to me and my life that I can't relate to that lifestyle.

 

The Eric Warheim role was originally going to be Harris, that's such a bummer

 

Jesus. That is the biggest bummer. That would have been such a massive improvement.

 

I think Eric is fantastic.

 

Eric is the only aspect of the show I can pinpoint as being a net deficit. Love the dude but he doesn't work in this capacity for me.

 

Eric may not be everyone's favorite actor, but he directed several of the episodes. Dude's got an artistic vision.

Also how does everyone not smile as soon as he appears on screen? His joy is contagious.

 

Yeah, I love him as a comedic mind/artist in general. I just think he is a bad actor.

 

I'd say that his acting in this series is a direct choice because I've seen him acting in other things and he's actually pretty good.

 

I've been wanting to see Eric try out different roles, what things specifically are you referring to?

 

I love Eric in this show, he's such a goofball

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He's great in "The Comedy" albeit not a huge role.

And I think that both he and Tim act very well in their "Bedtime Stories" episodes, particularly the Home episode.

 

The Comedy is such a great and depressing movie. That Home bedtime story is terrifying haha, I've seen a few of those before. I need to catch up on those. It's been too long since I went on a Tim and Eric binge

 

I love Home. It's legit good and makes me queasy.

 

I couldn't watch it. I truly hated the show. I don't even remember how many episodes I got through, but it's definitely not for me. I hated the writing, the acting, the characters, the music, the jokes, the direction, everything about it. Haha, I know my tastes pretty well and what I like, so I don't think a revisit will help. I tried Episode 1 a few months ago with Hannah and we made it like 20 minutes until we both called it and bailed. Not gonna be the show for me, maybe I'm too old. Totally get that lots of people like it, but, I dislike a lot of things a lot of people like. Haha.

You should, it's fantastic. Probably my favorite show of the past few years.

 

Maybe you're not "too old", but I think shows like Love and Master of None reveal the very thin line between "old" and "new" millennials. I'm 26, my girlfriend being 30, and she can't stand Love either. I think Master of None shows the early 30's millennial that is getting pretty settled in adulthood, has some money, still sometimes struggling with how up-it's-own-ass the dating world/social media can be, and is looking for a relationship to round their life out and finish settling in to the next phase. Love is more the younger end that was weened on AIM and MySpace and has had a cell phone since high school, is immune/accustomed to social media/empty relationships, is still struggling to get a firm footing in their career, and is using love as a crutch to get them there. It also helps that almost all of the cast is picked from the podcast/alt-comedy scene that my ears spend 20 hours a week steeped in, so I came into the show loving all of these actors/actresses already. I can't imagine how hard it'd be to stomach Paul Rust if this were my introduction.

That's my longwinded stream of consciousness comparison haha.

 

Love is also very much about addiction and abuse and the show is unflinching in the nastiness that can infect otherwise well-meaning people who have to deal with each other while dealing with both. The first two episodes of Love are structurally probably the most dissimilar from the rest of the series, as the first is I think entirely Gus's point of view and the second entirely Mickey's, then from there it falls into a far more familiar ensemble show/sitcom type structure of characters interacting and going through stuff together. The stuff it did in season 2 is really, really strong. It's one of the most nuanced shows currently airing. That aside I do recognize, however much I adore Paul Rust's style of humor, some would fairly find it grating.

It's also no mistake that both Love and Master of None are so strong and unique, and both come from a huge place of Harris Wittels influence. I don't think he was officially a writer on Love or if he had any official involvement planned, but a lot of his Parks & Rec writer peers write for Love and of course his close friendship with Rust had a huge influence on the show. Master of None and Love are beautiful tributes to his influence and I love them both for that quite a bit.

 

This is so spot on. I feel like the whole Love cast has been on Doughboys lol

 

I watched the first 3 or 4 episodes of Love and wanted to tear my eyes out. I just can't see myself watching a whole season, much less 2 or more.

 

Haha, I feel like this is the constant case in my life these days. I sit at the very edge of the whole "millennials" age group, I'm 34, and my sister is right behind and more in that group (she's almost 29). And when it comes to shows about people from 20-30, there are some that I think capture what I remember the last decade like, and some that I think reach heights not because of personal experience but because of what they are able to capture.

And with a lot of entertainment I don't need to "relate" to the characters at all to enjoy it, but maybe if it's just close enough to my age group, but right out side of it, I notice the annoyances more. And if I don't find something funny, but instead just see people making stupid choices over and over again, it's usually a recipe for me to zone out. Illogical decisions (without something to prop them up) is a big turn off for me. Giant shocker to anyone that knows me, I know.

I dunno, the show I binged faster than any other this year was Riverdale, about high-school kids. Loved it. I think there's a combination of factors that by themselves, I can deal with, but when it all adds up it turns from "dislike" to flat out hate. And I think that's what Love does for me. I flat out hate the acting, writing, music, directing, blocking, drama, jokes ... basically everything about it ... and as that builds, all of those little things become more apparent. Then it stops being about the bigger reasons I don't like it, and it's just about every tiny little thing that feels like nails on a chalkboard. I can handle stupid-dumb-sitcom comedies (and their dumb characters getting way too attractive girlfriends) more than something like this — the uncanny valley? — whatever it is, it's there.

It's like listening to Neck Deep. I get why the "kids" like it, but I'd rather rub sandpaper over my testicles than listen to it. Half curmudgeon and "kids these days," half just think the show is bad and find no part of it relatable or enjoyable. But, I also totally get why people have a different opinion and love it. But, my opinion is that it's unwatchable and that I wanna punch that dork in the mouth every time he complains about something. If I found him remotely charming, funny, entertaining, smart, witty, or anything ... maybe I'd like it more. He's a cardboard human. Alas, like "Neck Deep" and a lot of music trying to be what I liked 10 years ago, it's just not for me.

 

Definitely with you on most of this.

I'm going to reactivate Hulu to watch You're the Worst. If I don't like it, I'm going to quote the fuck out of you.

 

And I'll be all "new phone who dis?"

 

You will like it. It's much more self-demeaning and witty, but the way the show deals with mental illness in a relationship is fantastic. It may not be my favorite show, but you can objectively see the incredible merit to it

 

I've got some mental thangs myself so I'll love it even more lol

 

Did someone say self-demeaning? Guess I know what I'm watching next