He (the real Gad, who speaks of himself in the 3rd person) is a narcissist, everybody who has ever seen anything with him, knows that. No surprise, also not really funny. Your jokes don't land? People don't recognize your genius? Aww, poor manipulative millionaire.
It never feels like a parodic, hightened version of himself, more like the viewer should feel pity if not sympathy for the poor guy.
She, his ex, is a hollywood housewife clichee. Life coach, pyjama designer, treats her man(-toy) of 8 years like s*hit. Like an disgruntled ex-husband would write an ex-wife...
Their son is a one-track-mind spoiled wanna-be model brat.
They are just all horrible people.
Except, when we meet Jason Allan Ross, the hunky failed actor, he might elicit sympathetic emotions in the viewer, because he gets mistreated by all the aforementioned garbage people. Then he get's manipulated and sinks himself with and into his method acting, neglecting everybody around him (like he was by them).
The guy playing him is actually the best actor of the bunch, and he has the most emotional arc/changes/developement of the series.
Without laughs it is not a comedy. Without a protagonist to root for its not a drama.
It is not a bad series, it just is filled only with rotten characters.
It never feels like a parodic, hightened version of himself, more like the viewer should feel pity if not sympathy for the poor guy.
She, his ex, is a hollywood housewife clichee. Life coach, pyjama designer, treats her man(-toy) of 8 years like s*hit. Like an disgruntled ex-husband would write an ex-wife...
Their son is a one-track-mind spoiled wanna-be model brat.
They are just all horrible people.
Except, when we meet Jason Allan Ross, the hunky failed actor, he might elicit sympathetic emotions in the viewer, because he gets mistreated by all the aforementioned garbage people. Then he get's manipulated and sinks himself with and into his method acting, neglecting everybody around him (like he was by them).
The guy playing him is actually the best actor of the bunch, and he has the most emotional arc/changes/developement of the series.
Without laughs it is not a comedy. Without a protagonist to root for its not a drama.
It is not a bad series, it just is filled only with rotten characters.