Today I'm posting an homage to my favourite sitcom, "Community".
From it's eclectic cast, reference strewn scripts and drum tight direction it is a totally captivating delight. I came to it in the second season but have devoured every episode thus far...we stand at Season 3. Community is the gift that keeps on giving, repeated viewings are rewarded with quips missed and references unspotted.
The cast comprises of faces, both fresh and familiar, who inhabit their characters completely. The obvious glee with which they bat around the crackling dialogue is infectious. The situations are outlandish, daring and gut-bustingly funny...it is the only sitcom I can think of that is true to it's characters while hurling them, with childlike abandon, into radically skewed stories week after week.
Crazed matinee idol Joel McHale plays disgraced lawyer and sarcastic super-stud Jeff Winger condemned to slave for a degree at Greendale Community College. There he is surrounded by a cast of brilliant oddballs: Comedy God Chevy Chase as Pierce Hawthorne (Racist/homophobe/millionaire...but lovable?), dazzling Yvette Nicole Brown as Shirley Bennett (sweet church lady with a dark side) stunning Gillian Jacobs as Britta Perry (gorgeously kooky anarchist, intriguing & damaged) majestic Danny Pudi as Abed Nadir (he's "on spectrum" in a way that makes Jim Parson's "Sheldon Cooper" seem casually observed by comparison) the fairy tale that is Alison Brie as Annie Edison (simultaneously the simplest and most complex character of the bunch) pin sharp Donald Glover as Troy Barnes (Abed's best friend, sounding board and guardian)...supported by the brilliant Jim Rash's camp masterpiece Dean Craig Pelton (much, much more than a running gag) and the peerless Ken Jeong as "Senor" Ben Chang (sinister,edgy and chock full 'o nuts)...it's a cast to die for.
It's like "Soap" + "Cheers" x "Monty Python" = Big Laughs!
Season 4 is at the read through stage now and, in my house, expectation levels are at DefCon4. I wish the cast all the very best for this new season and long may they reign.
"Community" Rocks!!
Update: Yvette Nicole Brown and Gillian Jacobs have both seen, and loved, this drawing; giving it the official "Community" seal of approval. I sent two prints off to them a couple of weeks ago at their request.
Update: Yvette Nicole Brown and Gillian Jacobs have both seen, and loved, this drawing; giving it the official "Community" seal of approval. I sent two prints off to them a couple of weeks ago at their request.
Excelsior Out!
Yes! Hope the ousting of Dan Harmon doesn't make it less awesome.
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