11/3/2022 0 Comments Afterparty review![]() ![]() ![]() While it never deviates from its quirky whodunnit tone, underneath the chipper exterior, it’s a story about millennial disillusionment. A whodunnit with an imaginative (and hilarious) genre-mashing twist. Shot with a Sony Hand圜am aesthetic and scored to a soundtrack that includes bangers such as Timbaland’s The Way I Are and Shakira’s Hips Don’t Lie, episode five is a neat encapsulation of Miller’s creative ambition for the show. Unsurprisingly, Shaun defied Glassman as soon as Glassman. Didn’t expect The Afterparty, of all things, to trigger an existential crisis, but there you have it. After the unrealistic ending to the hostage drama, things got back on track with Shaun and Glassman butting heads over Lim's treatment. It is exactly at this moment that I realised that these weary 30-somethings, most of whom are dealing with failed marriages, financial insecurity and untreated mental illnesses, are basically the same age as me. There is also an excellent mid-season flashback episode that puts the characters back in high school. Other genres that get the Lord-Miller treatment are musical, paranoid thriller, and even the kind of black-and-white art film that A24 would pick up sight-unseen at Sundance. So while the brash divorced dad Brett (Ike Barinholtz) tells his version of events as if he’s the Vin Diesel character in a Fast and Furious-style action movie, the episode centred around his ex-wife Zoe is almost entirely animated. It might not sound all that exciting, but it totally is thanks to a sharp script and wonderfully. Richard Stott: Afterparty is on at Underbelly Bristo Square at 4.The gimmick here, so to speak, is that each episode-there are eight in total-features one of the party guest recounting the events of the evening through the lens of a popular film genre. Afterparty wants you to soak in its world, listening and reacting to the conversations around you.But the show finishes quite abruptly after 45 minutes (though it’s advertised as an hour) and it feels like the ending could have been extended to greater effect. AFTERPARTY REVIEW FULLWhile this isn’t a show full of laugh-out-loud moments, its always engaging and Stott’s confidence as a performer seems to grow throughout.Įverything comes together in a final afterparty story, with one of his ‘rising balloon’ friends, that provides Stott with a moment of clarity and epiphany. Afterparty is a disappointing follow-up to Oxenfree, one held up from being an absolute car crash thanks to two wonderfully written protagonists and some crackling dialogue between the two. After an eternity of torturing and torture, the routine has become stale, so the. The denizens of Hell just live for the weekend. ![]() AFTERPARTY REVIEW TVIt’s a smart idea but one that’s a bit rushed in the delivery and lost in the moment.īeing from Yorkshire and now living in London, Stott has some nice lines on the north/south divide, but a lot of the comedy comes from little details – for example, how he names his houseplants after British TV personalities – and tangents such as whether it’s possible to be both Catholic and vegan. It’s true, Afterparty’s concept is pretty out there, and there’s a plethora of jokes that run the gamut from gut-punching funny to something your dad would be proud of. Afterparty is a game about growing up, and a game about work. Stott discovers he is treated as either being ‘too disabled’ or ‘not disabled enough’ for castings and auditions, leading to an existential question: am I disabled or not? He studies the Equality Act 2010 in search of answers and turns this into an audience participation game show, testing different scenarios. It’s all delivered through a true ensemble, a proper Who’s Who of contemporary comedy, and there’s a real thrill to seeing these hugely talented comic actors not only spark and fizz off each other. He talks movingly about how living with a physical disability has affected his mental health, and his need for self-care. Afterparty is at its strongest when it subverts your expectations, explores relatable topics about life and death, and is okay with not having all the answers. While the set-up sounds generic, Afterparty spins off in sometimes unexpected directions, with Stott coming at the story from multiple angles and sharing some unique life experiences.Ĭentral to his story is the Poland Syndrome that left him with underdeveloped muscles and how it has affected him both growing up and as an adult. AFTERPARTY REVIEW FREECan he be one of the ‘rising balloon’ free spirits not following this path? The premise of Richard Stott’s Afterparty is how he hit his mid-30s feeling he had nothing to show for it while his friends have started settling down and finding new interests. ![]()
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