{"id":12053,"date":"2017-05-24T20:00:42","date_gmt":"2017-05-25T01:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/?p=12053"},"modified":"2017-05-20T18:17:43","modified_gmt":"2017-05-20T23:17:43","slug":"television-watched-early-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/archives\/12053","title":{"rendered":"Television watched early 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Search Party<\/em> season 1 (2016)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Awful young NY woman, with too much money and not enough responsibilities, gets obsessed with finding a former classmate gone missing, whom she never even knew or liked very much.  I read MZ Seitz&#8217;s review (&#8220;The condition of believing oneself sensitive while feeling very little has rarely been examined with such exactness&#8221;), realized it stars Alia Shawkat, and set to watching immediately.  I keep seeing Shawkat in tiny roles (<em><a href=\"\/journal\/archives\/11513\">Night Moves<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"\/journal\/archives\/10119\">Damsels in Distress<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"\/journal\/archives\/11826\">20th Century Women<\/a><\/em>) so the star turn here is appreciated.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/journal\/image16\/searchparty1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Dory is joined by weak-willed boyfriend Drew (John Reynolds, a cop on <em>Stranger Things<\/em>) and self-obsessed friends Portia (Meredith Hagner of <em>Hits<\/em>) and Elliott (John Early).  They get help\/hindrance from crazy person Rosie Perez, the missing girl&#8217;s ex Griffin Newman (<em>Vinyl<\/em>) and private investigator Ron Livingston (<em>Office Space<\/em>), crashing the missing girl&#8217;s vigil, a wedding and a Parker Posey-led cult on their way to the ridiculous truth.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/journal\/image16\/searchparty2.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/journal\/image16\/searchparty3.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<br \/>\n<strong><em>Metalocalypse<\/em> seasons 3 &#038; 4,<br \/>\nand <em>The Doomstar Requiem: A Klok Opera<\/em> (2009-2013)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Two more seasons of fun and violence and ridiculous humor, leading to the musical masterpiece that is <em>The Doomstar Requiem<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/journal\/image17\/metaloc1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/journal\/image17\/metaloc2.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/journal\/image17\/metaloc3.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<br \/>\n<strong><em>Archer<\/em> season 5 (2014)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The gang loses their spy agency but gains a large shipment of cocaine, which they spend all season trying to unload.  Sterling Archer is a father.  I&#8217;m not crying, you are.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/journal\/image17\/archer503.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/journal\/image17\/archer502.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/journal\/image17\/archer501.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<br \/>\n<strong><em>Charlie Brooker&#8217;s 2016 Wipe<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Things have gotten more grim and less funny, but I appreciate Brooker sticking with it.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/journal\/image16\/wipe2016.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<br \/>\n<strong><em>Twelfth Night<\/em> (2017, Simon Godwin)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Not television or movies, but we watched a really nice filmed National Theatre broadcast with a rotating set, and Tamsin Greig (<em>Black Books<\/em>, <em>Green Wing<\/em>) as Malvolia, greatly tormented in the second half.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Search Party season 1 (2016) Awful young NY woman, with too much money and not enough responsibilities, gets obsessed with finding a former classmate gone missing, whom she never even knew or liked very much. 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