Master of None

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I saw Aziz Ansari at the Comedy Cellar in NY once and he was pretty great. This was a year or two ago. Of course at the Comedy Cellar most comics only have 20-30 minutes so it could have been his best shit.

man i don't know who to believe 1/2 of you think this is pretty good half of you think aziz ansari is aids ass cancer

i could actually watch episode 1 but you know, fallout 4 in 9 hours and I still have to watch a few eps of Brooklyn 99 and Bobs Burgers. and last week tonight with oliver

ham_sl said:

the side characters are pretty shallow and dont feel like actual characters. eric feels like forced lowbrow comedy, his asian friend felt like he was reading lines

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He's really the one that stood out the most to me. Considering Aziz inserted is own parents in the show, I figured that actor had to be yet another person from his life that he decided to give a job. I was surprised to see he has acting credits going back a decade and a half. He has that stiff, forced emoting reminiscent of Jerry Seinfeld in his early years.

I think this is the double-edged sword of how Netflix handles their programming. In a lot of cases, the hands-off, trust the creators philosophy has worked out very well. Master of None (and, to some extent, Sense8) is the other end of that spectrum. I wouldn't necessarily say it's a horrible show, but it's definitely one that could benefit from someone with more television experience running things so it doesn't feel like just a step removed from Aziz and and friends filming home movies.

On ep. 6, definitely rough around the edges but enjoying the show overall and hoping to see more of the NY stand-up scene in it. Also loved the Twin Peaks theme at the beginning of ep 6.

The home movies vibe is probably endearing to a younger audience. I mean letsplay and twitch streams are actually a pretty big deal.

Just not for us. Because we're old.

It's not bad. It gets better as it goes on. I'm on episode 5 and I laughed a lot at episode 4. Would I DVR it and watch it if it were on regular TV? Yeah. Would I recommend it to a friend or buy the DVDs? No.

7.5/10

Watched the first two episodes. It's OK. I got a couple laughs from both episodes. The acting is really bad at many points.

Alex_sl said:

Watched the first two episodes. It's OK. I got a couple laughs from both episodes. The acting is really bad at many points.

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Eric Wareheim and Aziz's parents are terrible at acting. Real bad. Though his dad actually gets better and kind of funny in episode 3, I think.

Thoroughly enjoyed the first episode.

This is hipster Louie. If that sounds at all cool to you, watch it. It's really good. Give it a few episodes, the first is the worst.

saw the first episode, thought it was shit - aziz is turrible and his life is just generic hipster douchebag. but loved the second episode, its focused on the parents and they are a riot and interesting and different, although yeah the worlds worst actors. so i guess i'll watch some more

The first two are by far the worst. The show hits its stride about halfway in, thoroughly enjoyed the latter half of the season

Just starting watching this and really enjoyed the first two episodes, both got a few laughs out of me. His dad is hilarious.

Watched one episode of this with my brother in law while he was staying at our place. Show was pure shit. It was whatever episode number it is where he takes a girl on a date to Nashville. It was like Sienfeld had a retarded son and that retarded son decided to teach funny classes and one of those students made this show.

Show is a definite 6-7/10. Very much enjoyed it. Eric Wareheim was awesome too.

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It was like Sienfeld had a retarded son and that retarded son decided to teach funny classes and one of those students made this show.

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not gonna lie, i'd watch a show about that. seinfeld could cameo every now and then and just stare in disgust at his son and his son's hipster douchebag class

larry david could play the old homeless man who teaches the students valuable life lessons