Thursday, September 30, 2021

A Few Thoughts on the Second Episode of The Wonder Years Reboot

The whole "taking advantage of white people feeling sorry for him after MLK's death" stuff was Larry David comedy gold.

The color palette of the show seems spot-on.

How is this set in Alabama but nobody ever mentions the fucking heat?

MUCH better use of the narration by using less of it - I understand if you have Don Cheadle you wanna use him but in the pilot it was stifling.

The dad (Charlie Young!) being some sort of professional musician is weird for the show. Dan Lauria's job was perfect - some nebulous office job that wrung the life out of him every day. This dad gets paid for music and spends his days fishing?

Overall a good episode and makes me hopeful for the next one.

Just as I was wondering if the original cast watches the show I see that both episodes have been directed by Kevin Arnold himself.

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