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fromThe New Yorker
1 day ago

Lisa Kudrow Is Back-Again

"The Comeback," which Kudrow created with Michael Patrick King, the "Sex and the City" impresario, premiered in 2005. The first season found Valerie attempting to revive her career in a lame new sitcom called "Room and Bored," while reality-TV cameras captured her every humiliation. What we see is the raw footage from Valerie's reality show. Kudrow's portrayal was unflinching, an early version of cringe comedy.
Television
Television
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 months ago

Riot Women to Sunlight: the week in rave reviews

A TV slate: a drama about midlife women forming a punk band, a cringe comedy caper, a hustle-culture satire, and a gentle novel adaptation.
Television
fromwww.esquire.com
5 months ago

'The Chair Company' Review: Tim Robinson Improves Post-'Friendship'

Tim Robinson turns cringe sketch humor into a tense, unpredictable long-form series that blends awkward comedy with thriller and mystery elements.
fromwww.theguardian.com
6 months ago

This Is Spinal Tap review a glorious heavy-rock nightmare that was ahead of its time

This was the big bang moment for cringe comedy and spoof mockumentary, and it was an American classic whose every superb gag came to be savoured and replayed through its massive 1980s popularity on home video, securing for the and their international treasure status. Now it is rereleased in anticipation of the forthcoming sequel, prising open the chrysalis doors for the band to emerge once more into our lives.
Film
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