I'd be curious why Vince Staples reviewed so well with critics and viewers but didn't find an audience at Netflix. Not pushed by the recommendation system? Maybe the remaining Netflix subscriber base is less interested in satirical comedy these days?
I'd say it's both. It kind of had the Tim and Eric sensibility: some sketches start as satire of real life concepts and eventually get driven into absurdity.
Then some are just… absurd and were clearly picked only because they're funny.
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reddig33@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 219d
Another day, another show canceled by Netflix.
whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 219d
I'd be curious why Vince Staples reviewed so well with critics and viewers but didn't find an audience at Netflix. Not pushed by the recommendation system? Maybe the remaining Netflix subscriber base is less interested in satirical comedy these days?
mohab@piefed.social · 5 pts · 219d
Were they ever? I can't think of any hit other than I Think You Should Leave.
Unbecredible@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 219d
I think you should leave isn't satirical I don't think. It's just a ton of absurdism.
mohab@piefed.social · 2 pts · 219d
I'd say it's both. It kind of had the Tim and Eric sensibility: some sketches start as satire of real life concepts and eventually get driven into absurdity.
Then some are just… absurd and were clearly picked only because they're funny.
DampSquid@feddit.uk · 5 pts · 219d
FWIW I'm always on the lookout for more comedy shows, and this is the first time I've heard of it
Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 219d
Spiritual successor to Atlanta imho. Heartbroken to see it cancelled.
nocturne@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 219d
Damn, I was really enjoying the Abandons.
IWW4@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 219d
The Abandons was an abomination so good riddance.
artyom@piefed.social · 1 pts · 219d
Honestly I opened The Abandons, saw a woman who looked like a blow-up doll in a TV show set in the 1850s and just couldn't take it seriously.