Season 1 – I'm dying up here

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w g Jan 7 The critics really got it wrong here. After having binged 4 seasons of The Mayor of Kingstown, I was looking for something lighter yet still very engaging. This has definitely been it! Sad to hear there won't be a third season. See more Ian G @Kilrymont 10/29/2024 It's unusual to find a TV series that seems unblemished by just about any measure, but to my mind that applies here. Ok, maybe it's a tiny bit overwritten here and there, but the casting was just wonderful. Every single character was fully developed, written well - and performed so convincingly that at times I reminded myself that this was drama, it was fiction, but it was EXCELLENT drama, and excellent fiction. So - from my point of view, this comes close to being the perfect first season of an ambitious TV show with a wide ranging cast - none of whom had faces I recognised. Nice touch that, bringing in fresh talent to high quality drama that can only stand them well as their careers develop further. The first 2-3 episodes might just possibly have been paced a little more zippily, but that's a minor point indeed. Nice to see Jim Carrey's name up there in the credits, even if it was only as a producer rather than a cast member. Carrey only on occasion was able to show what an able actor he was, since his better known films were lightweight comedies although, true enough, there was a bitter payoff at the end of The Truman Show. As indeed there was with season 1's finale - with what appeared to be Goldie herself putting light to what seemed to be window curtains in a long hallway. Then a brief outside shot of the club engulfed in flames. So - was there a season 2? At this point I don't know. This one being labelled as 1 seems to suggest that a second might exist - but that finale scene will mean a lot of dramatic explanation - or else a biggish cast reduction if the fire cause much loss of life. One hopes not. This one's recommended, absolutely. Plenty of sex and swearing of the sort that'd have had my old granny having a stroke if she's heard such coming from a TV set. Do American scriptwriters truly believe that everyone speaks like this all the effing time? The Mother****ing time, that is. Do Americans actually curse in almost all that's said? It's repetitive and it's unimaginative. Plus the other word that even ten years back couldn't be heard on TV or radios. Times change, and not all such are for the better. People around here don't speak like that, most having had education to the point where they can express themselves very fully indeed without trespassing into the lingo of lowbrow uneducated dolts... See more 02/18/2022 Great premise for a feature, but writers clearly had no idea how to keep momentum going for an entire series--which is truly unfortunate, because there is so much potential here. See more 05/02/2021 The idea is good but the characters lack depth. When they're not on stage they still seem to be acting. Most of the jokes are not that funny. As I get older I realize how shallow & creepy artists are. I never liked Jim Carrey. A third season would be filled with meaningless soap opera drama. See more 12/31/2019 I just found out this series was canceled. Started watching it on my Showtime app without knowing much about it. I'm devastated. As a big Marc Maron fan, it was so cool to see so many interview conversations he's had about Mitzi (and the LA comedy scene) come to life. The characters have drawn me in, and I can't believe I only get two seasons with them. I'm not sure who decided to cancel this series, but that person was wrong. See more Jason L @JL4952 09/04/2019 Sucks it was cancelled after just 2 seasons. See more Read all reviews

I'm dying up here — Season 1

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