Finished the Disc 1 from Season 2 of Eastdown and Bound with Danny McBride as Kenny Motherf'in Powers. The first season was fun and as someone who appreciates crude adult humor along with a soundtrack of appropriately nostalgic music the show has, enjoyed it without any part of me getting offended. The second season, though---makes me feel like I got hit with a dummy stick once too much.
Will Ferrell, Adam McKay and his co-producer, co-writing co-horts have done what alot of mentally ill great comedians do (i'm talking to you Jim Carrey)- they leapt the ledge, jumped the shark, shook the baby too hard, went too far. Not in offensive material, I can handle that - but just with the overload of comedic writing that is outrageous, but not funny. I said- we sat through several epis and I was thinking- this isn't as funny as season 1.
But aren't alot of shows like that? The novelty wears off, the character driven shows of adult comedy are hard to keep on the likability train, and Kenny Motherf'in Powers was never supposed to be likable, but he with the help of his annoying annoying sidekick Stevie, are so over the top unlikable it makes the show harder to get through. We'll see. At episode's end last night, Don Johnson showed up as Kenny's long lost father. I thought here's a fun turn...we'll see what happens.
Comedy- it's just as hard to write as tragedy. But this isn't Shakespeare. This is Kenny Powers- don't mess the White Lightning up- keep him light, make him funny again. Bring back the suburbs, jet skis and coked up prom chaperones. And even April- her the character of curves and 80's hair. If not then leave Kenny to suffer in the barrios to live alone among his retro racist thoughts and pink bongs.
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