The new HBO comedy from Danny McBride feels at once like an extension of the creator's other work for the network and a massive step up.
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This Righteous Gemstones review contains spoilers.
The Righteous Gemstones Episode 1
Danny McBride has carved out quite the space on HBO for his comedic brand of toxic male entitlement run amok, and that partnership continues with The Righteous Gemstones. Created by McBride but featuring contributions from frequent co-conspirators Jody Hill and David Gordon Green, Gemstones follows Eastbound & Down and Vice Principals in exploring loathsome antiheroes that peacock what little power they actually hold to hide personal frustrations and insecurities. In those past series, the bloviating existential anger came from not living up to lofty expectations, but in the pilot “The Righteous Gemstones,” this familial band of malcontents, led by patriarch Eli Gemstone (John Goodman) and rounded out by adult children Jesse...
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This Righteous Gemstones review contains spoilers.
The Righteous Gemstones Episode 1
Danny McBride has carved out quite the space on HBO for his comedic brand of toxic male entitlement run amok, and that partnership continues with The Righteous Gemstones. Created by McBride but featuring contributions from frequent co-conspirators Jody Hill and David Gordon Green, Gemstones follows Eastbound & Down and Vice Principals in exploring loathsome antiheroes that peacock what little power they actually hold to hide personal frustrations and insecurities. In those past series, the bloviating existential anger came from not living up to lofty expectations, but in the pilot “The Righteous Gemstones,” this familial band of malcontents, led by patriarch Eli Gemstone (John Goodman) and rounded out by adult children Jesse...
- 8/15/2019
- Den of Geek
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