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Frasier (2023)
Scrambled eggshells
It's all in the details. It's as if the creators of this reboot haven't watched one episode of the original run. "Frasier" isn't just Frasier, it's carried by the support cast too. Especially the ones that we already go to "meet" before fall short:
Freddy could have been a millennial modern type-A snob, struggling with his boomer dad's recent mainstream TV fame. Firefighter Freddy, a guy who used to dissect infant pigs in his pastime when he was a boy, does not make any sense.
David doesn't have to be an exact copy of his dad, wiping down chairs with a hanky, but Niles surely would have taught his son not to wear Chucks and rainbow puffer jackets to Harvard. His character could have been a "melange" of Daphne and Niles, the warm and the elitist - but he's just a soulless recurring character in a Disney sitcom.
And that's it. It's all too bright, flashy, in-your-face Disney humour, when the original Frasier was packed with sophisticated over-your-head zingers.
The Frasier reboot falls short of even attempting to serve timeless humour. Not even Kelsey Grammar's presence can save this uninspired wreck.
Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin (2022)
Now I finally understand why Parisians hate 'Emily in Paris' so much.
I was very looking forward to this show. I love the Pitch Perfect franchise, Flula Borg, Jameela Jamil and I am a Berliner myself. What could go wrong? Everything.
The jokes are so outdated, you might think the script was written back in 2004 and picked up again 18 years later without any changes made. There's barely any music in this musical comedy, and the little we get to hear are hits from, you guessed it right, 2004. Who wrote this? And that riff off! I can't even.
And don't get me started on the depiction of Berlin or Germany as a whole. A Brezelfest in Berlin where everybody wears traditional Bavarian clothing? Have the producers ever set foot in Berlin before? It's outrageous. Are all Germans dark leather-loving grim faced pet Raven owners, or do we cheer like teenagers when a mediocre trash pop American blasts a badly produced song from the rooftop over a flea market crowd? Make up your minds, or at least pick one stereotype.
There is no such thing as a Unity Day festival. Germans tend to not celebrate Germany like this, or wave our flag (except during Soccer World Cup season) - for obvious reasons. And Unity Day is a bank holiday.