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Kristen Evans

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Fleabag Is the Egocentric Comedy Heroine of Your Dreams/Nightmares

By Kristen Evans
Sep 21, 2016

America might not be ready for Fleabag, the new Amazon/BBC series from British writer and creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge. Think about all the guff Girls received for "forcing" viewers along on a ride with myopic 20-somethings. Waller-Bridge has gone even further than Girls creator Lena Dunham, speaking directly to the camera...
Pamela Adlon’s Better Things Is Beautifully, Harshly Honest About Parenting and More

By Kristen Evans
Sep 15, 2016

Better Things' creators seem to anticipate that you’ll judge Sam Fox’s parenting – and they make you pay for it. In the first scene, Sam (Pamela Adlon) scrolls through her phone on a mall bench while her youngest daughter, Duke (Olivia Edward), cries and pulls on her arm. It’s one...
In Its Second Season, Hulu's Difficult People Is Easy to Watch

By Kristen Evans
Jul 14, 2016

In the world of Difficult People, the cutting comedy returning this week to Hulu, the game is rigged against Julie (Julie Klausner) and Billy (Billy Eichner), but perhaps only because they rigged it against themselves. As their friends find success, the two struggling comedians feign interest in jobs that pay...
Now’s the Time to Catch Up on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, the Best Show You’re Not Watching

By Kristen Evans
Jul 7, 2016

Here’s some good news: Netflix is now streaming Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. No other TV show is quite so ambitious or politically deft as star and executive producer Rachel Bloom’s (and co-creator Aline Brosh McKenna’s) darkly comic, whip-smart send-up of romantic comedies. The title alone has turned more than one of my...
As It Saves the Sitcom Once Again, Amazon's Catastrophe Is Anything But

By Kristen Evans
Apr 25, 2016

The second season of Amazon's Catastrophe might do for the #TGIF-style family sitcom of the late ‘80s and ‘90s what the first did for the ailing rom-com: open-mouthed resuscitation on the operating table after one too many Garry Marshall–fueled heart attacks like Valentine's Day. (Or New Year's Eve? It doesn't...

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