tv review
Sex Education breaks through the taboo around teenage sex but falls to overplayed clichés
February 17, 2019By: Yelin Gemma Lee Sex Education is a nitty-gritty, in-depth exploration of high schoolers’ sex lives, fully loaded with awkwardness, charming characters, and physical comedy. The new British Netflix show follows Otis, a sexually inexperienced outcast in school whose mom is a sex therapist. He teams up with the school's notorious bad girl, Maeve, to give sex advice to other students at the school — whether it’s on getting a better shag, destigmatizing females wanking, or helping couples learn about communication. While their scheme starts with motives to find social liberation and get some cash, the two underground business…
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Comedy Central’s Corporate is a hilarious show for a cynical world
March 20, 2018By: Aaron Richardson Comedy Central’s new show Corporate is a fantastically funny black comedy with a cynical take on the corporate world that awaits many of us on the other side of graduation. Although the show is comedic, it is…
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Riverdale is a refreshingly self-aware show with potential
March 7, 2017By: Vincent Justin Mitra Riverdale, the newest teen drama offering by American network The CW, and perhaps more familiar to us north of the border under the banner of Netflix, is a gritty and modern adaptation of characters from the…
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Fresh Off the Boat uses character quirks for the better
February 22, 2016Fresh Off the Boat is a rarity for a television show. It focuses on a Chinese family, and was picked up and renewed by a major network: ABC. It is also based off of Chef Eddie Huang’s memoir of the…
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