The Mayor, also known as Kid Mayor, has a compelling premise - a teenage mayor who has to cope with professional and personal struggles - but the product is a very strong example of the cesspit of early '00s culture.
A cast who had already proven themselves (Harry Groener and Christine Ebersole as the parents, Larry Miller as the scheming ex-mayor, Samm Levine as the best friend) or would prove themselves in the future (Anna Kendrick as the sister, Ben Feldman in the title role), all do their best with dreck.
The pilot pretty much starts with his mother being given prison rape jokes about him, and little improves from there. You may read this and think this is brave (or un-PC, or un-woke, or whatever the latest buzzword is), but.in this case the execution is a sea of cringe. The laziness of the writing also means no character is spared - even a little scene where we learn grandmothers like Feldman because he plays the piano for them ends in them groping him for a cheap laugh.
With time, this could have been a better show, but otherwise, you're probably just better off watching Ben Wyatt on Parks and Rec.
A cast who had already proven themselves (Harry Groener and Christine Ebersole as the parents, Larry Miller as the scheming ex-mayor, Samm Levine as the best friend) or would prove themselves in the future (Anna Kendrick as the sister, Ben Feldman in the title role), all do their best with dreck.
The pilot pretty much starts with his mother being given prison rape jokes about him, and little improves from there. You may read this and think this is brave (or un-PC, or un-woke, or whatever the latest buzzword is), but.in this case the execution is a sea of cringe. The laziness of the writing also means no character is spared - even a little scene where we learn grandmothers like Feldman because he plays the piano for them ends in them groping him for a cheap laugh.
With time, this could have been a better show, but otherwise, you're probably just better off watching Ben Wyatt on Parks and Rec.
