English Teacher Gets Gen Z | Brian Jordan Alvarez’s show takes young people seriously. And despite that, probably because of that, it is very, very funny, indeed.
English Teacher Gets Gen Z | Brian Jordan Alvarez’s show takes young people seriously. And despite that, probably because of that, it is very, very funny, indeed.
I just couldn’t get on board with a show where every episode is a political essay. It’s politics I agree with but…I don’t need this show to educate me.
Edit: “educate me” wasn’t right. It’s just that it feels like it establishes very simplistic left and right views then finds a middle ground that’s mildly thoughtful but isn’t, I don’t think, fresh or eye-opening. It feels maybe a little too pat. Compared to something like Always Sunny or South Park where you also often get political essays but the amount of satire is often surprising, even if it’s not challenging.
English Teacher didn’t feel like a show to me as much as it felt like a mechanism for commentary. Comedies like Abbot Elementary, Always Sunny, Black-ish, and others, do a better job, I think, of being about character and story first, then commentary second. Where ET felt commentary-first, then everyone is a tool for the show to have the debate it wants to have.
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The Kayla Syndrome episode was a such a laugh riot. Evan getting increasingly exasperated at his students’ conviction and Markie shutting that shit down by analyzing teen girl dynamics were the highlights. I really think Markie is the best character. I love me a well-meaning and lovable asshole.
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The handful of kids that have actual roles are starting to gel and are really funny. They’re not written like idiots. It seems like they’re portrayed the way every previous generation writes the younger generation ….naive but well meaning and usually spewing odd sounding nonsense (to adults anyway).
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I just couldn’t get on board with a show where every episode is a political essay. It’s politics I agree with but…I don’t need this show to educate me.
Edit: “educate me” wasn’t right. It’s just that it feels like it establishes very simplistic left and right views then finds a middle ground that’s mildly thoughtful but isn’t, I don’t think, fresh or eye-opening. It feels maybe a little too pat. Compared to something like Always Sunny or South Park where you also often get political essays but the amount of satire is often surprising, even if it’s not challenging.
English Teacher didn’t feel like a show to me as much as it felt like a mechanism for commentary. Comedies like Abbot Elementary, Always Sunny, Black-ish, and others, do a better job, I think, of being about character and story first, then commentary second. Where ET felt commentary-first, then everyone is a tool for the show to have the debate it wants to have.
The Kayla Syndrome episode was a such a laugh riot. Evan getting increasingly exasperated at his students’ conviction and Markie shutting that shit down by analyzing teen girl dynamics were the highlights. I really think Markie is the best character. I love me a well-meaning and lovable asshole.
The handful of kids that have actual roles are starting to gel and are really funny. They’re not written like idiots. It seems like they’re portrayed the way every previous generation writes the younger generation ….naive but well meaning and usually spewing odd sounding nonsense (to adults anyway).