After the steady decline in the quality of the 'anthology' episodes of last season, it's easy to forget that for all the misses, when this show gets high concept and hits, it really hits. A masterful mockumentary in just 37 minutes, it's somehow both emotional and comedic at once. The way it both ratchets up the fraught tension of Thomas while at the same time hammering in his resemblance to Goofy until both hit a glorious crescendo just left me dying. But it's also a commentary on the black creative, on feeling the outsider, on how we project 'blackest movie ever' on a movie-one I love!- by a bunch of white people and afford actual black stories much less grace and visibility. It's an outrageous premise delivered so sharply and so concisely that it says so much in a short time. And the cast... they made a broken Goofy laugh both haunting and comedic by delivering it with every ounce of emotion they had. Just an excellent episode all around
There's just so much here that I will have to rewatch it to give a full review critiquing/examining its content, I will need to rewatch to make sure I understand it and make a new review. For now, I'm giving it 9/10 for being such a stunningly accurate portrayal of a documentary, as well as evidence of how the television landscape has changed since S01.
This episode was one of the best mockumentaries I've ever seen. Style and everything was top notch.
Wow. This episode was fantastic. I love that this show has pushed the limits so much that now they're free to make whatever they want.
Beautiful storytelling, great acting by the cast of this one, and the layers of meaning (real or not) had me feeling a lot of emotions by the end.
Great job to the whole team on this one.
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