The Characters

The Characters (2016-)
Season 1 - 8 episodes (2016 March 11) 
Netflix Original Series
Availability: Global
1 season, season 2 pending

Plot:
Eight comedians get half an hour to make us laugh in this sketch comedy show where each actor plays multiple characters.

Review:
Rating: Watch it / [It depends] / Skip it
  • The concept alone is great, unfortunately it's entertaining but not that funny. It's fun to see what the comedians developed, but I'm left thinking, "That's it?"
    The way Lapkus's sketches drift into and out of each other is really well done. Rothwell's is the most humorous. Dr. Brown's increasingly crazy single take romp is the most intriguing and cohesive story but ultimately unfulfilling. These are my three favorite episodes, and two of them aren't even based on the comedy but the execution.
    It's the kind of show that's good background noise. You don't have to pay attention, each episode is self contained, and at any moment something at least moderately zany is occurring.
Read my Season 1 review - It depends

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