"Kevin Can F**k Himself" Live Free or Die (TV Episode 2021) Poster

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8/10
Road trip
safenoe9 May 2023
Warning: Spoilers
I only learned about Kevin Can F Himself only last week, and it's a shame it hasn't got the publicity it deserves. I think that's one of the downsides of Peak TV, there's so much Peak TV and not enough to watch the quality ones of which there are many. No wonder most streaming series are short run series, like the British model.

Anyway, Kevin Can F Himself is incredibly subversive and then some. It plays on and pokes at the tropes in sitcoms (e.g. Simpsons, Family Guy, All in the Family, Everybody Loves Raymond, and of course Kevin Can Wait) and turns it on its head to give a more realistic and darker side. Annie Murphy is superb as Allison McRoberts, as is Raymond Lee as Sam Park.

In this episode it's a road trip which could lead to disaster, danger or disinterest. Also the Escape Groom game was quite hilarious.

Also, Eric Petersen's portrayal has a Rodney Dangerfield feel to it. I sometimes wonder what the atmosphere was like on set, especially being filmed during the pandemic.

Kevin Can F Himself ain't for everyone but then again not everyone was a fan of Kevin Can Wait.
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5/10
First, Get Rid of the Men
gensbill5 July 2021
The girls in this are great. Annie Murphy and Mary Hollis Inboden are terrific in their portrayals of unhappy people.

The men, or at least the characters they play, however, are horrible. I've seen Brian Howe in a million things and I can understand the attraction of series paycheck, but the male aspect of the show is just awful. Of course, it's not their fault. This is what the writers have given them.

I was going to do a Lori Lightfoot and write "awful" 30 times but I think it is unnecessary; people understand.

I've been fast-forwarding through the man portions and concentrating on just the ladies, But, I don't know how long I will last.
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