Even though I like Elvis and I'm afraid he may be turning over in his grave over this show, I'm not writing this as an (offended) Elvis fan who thinks they didn't do him justice or portray him accurately, I'm writing this as someone who really liked the premise and was hoping for a good, entertaining show. Unfortunately, it seems to me that nowadays the only idea for an adult cartoon that American producers/creators have is lowbrow fart and dick jokes, graphic violence, and drugs. I don't have a general problem with violence and drugs, you can put them to great use (see for example Pulp Fiction). But what the writers of Agent Elvis did is so vapid, so wannabe badass, and just not funny, it's really sad that there is apparently a big audience for this kind of humor that is long past puberty. It seems like the writers were 14 year old boys who picked up most of the jokes in the school toilet, and then they tried to make every single line somehow funny, failing miserably. "I'll give you a tour of the plane. Let's start with the cockpit. That's the best part because the word 'cock''s in it." 🤦 If you seriously think this is funny, then you're probably going to enjoy Agent Elvis. Me, I don't even understand why every American cartoon show for adults seems to be comedy by default. I wish they had made Agent Elvis more in the vein of classic James Bond movies, a little trashy with humorous undertones, but otherwise not in your face comedic. There is so much more creativity and diversity in Asia. And this is coming from someone who considers The Simpsons the best TV show ever. But every American adult cartoon I've seen in the last few years sucked or was mediocre at best. And of course The Simpsons have gone to the dogs, too, so maybe there's a pattern there, or this is what the key demographic wants to see...
Review of Agent Elvis
