Review of Shrinking

Shrinking (2023– )
6/10
*F-Bombs Away...*
26 March 2023
The show has its moments. But. What's the deal with all the F-Bombs?!? I enjoy a good F-Bomb, like most people...but the writers of this show are obsessed with one F-bomb after another from the entire cast and its characters, and most of time they seem forced - just for the sake of dropping a F-bomb. I keep thinking it's eventually going to stop or become less frequent, but it keeps getting worse. During one of the most recent episodes, it was like a machine gun of F-bombs. I counted 11 F-bombs during a 2 minute scene between 3 cast members, and it wasn't funny - it was actually kinda stupid. No one drops this many F-bombs in real life. Also, upper middle-class Fathers & their 16 year old daughters don't say the F-word repeatedly to each other like they do in this show. It's too the point, the F-bombs are so predictable, I now know when they're coming, and it makes the show even more stupid & unrealistic. Quentin Tarantino is the king of knowing when & when not to write a good F-bomb into a scene. But I'm sorry to say the writers of this show don't know when it is or it is not appropriate. And they need to take notes from Jesse Armstrong from Succession because at least his F-bombs aren't nearly as predictable and he writes an amazing show.
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