Plot: On this six-episode darkish comedic sequence, Tom Segura navigates unthinkable conditions and fantasies inside a cinematic world.
Overview: Tom Segura likes messed-up humor. The comic and podcaster has made a profession by telling relatable but barely intrusive jokes. Alongside along with his contemporaries Invoice Burr and Bert Kreischer, Tom Segura’s model of comedy is shockingly trustworthy and shockingly blunt but delivered in a approach that makes you suppose as arduous as you might be laughing. Segura additionally loves the scope and scale of cinema and has channeled that into his new sequence, Dangerous Ideas. A group of loosely related quick movies unified by episodic themes, Dangerous Ideas is for followers of formidable comedic sequence like Key & Peele, Louie, Higher Issues, and Dave, however by means of a twisted lens harking back to The Twilight Zone and Black Mirror. Hilarious and deeply disturbing on the similar time, Dangerous Ideas could have you laughing and questioning your personal sick inside monologue on the similar time.
The sequence opens with a Mission: Inconceivable-style movie that includes Tom Segura as a black ops murderer whose solely rule is that he doesn’t kill girls or youngsters, after which proceeds to shoot a waitress within the head. What follows is an more and more twisted sequence of occasions by which Segura’s character tries to get away from the scene however succumbs to diarrhea and providing sexual favors to his handler. The humor doesn’t pull punches, whereas the manufacturing values nonetheless rival some big-screen espionage initiatives. It’s a fast, self-contained vignette that transitions right into a framing gadget that includes Segura in a white void as he introduces the episode’s theme. The framing area additionally permits Segura to share one-off jokes as he performs a recent equal to Rod Serling in The Twilight Zone.
The Twilight Zone is an apt comparability to Dangerous Ideas as each sequence take regular actions and interactions and bend them simply barely to point out a surreal tackle the on a regular basis. The darkness of the place Tom Segura takes Dangerous Ideas earns the sequence a parallel with fellow Netflix sequence Black Mirror, however the total theme of Dangerous Ideas is looser and freer to go locations past expertise. Segura and his writing workforce current every thing from a spoof of the comic’s personal “feud” with nation music celebrity Garth Brooks to mocking Steven Seagal in a cruel quick that sends up his weight, lack of bodily motion in fights, and his infamous connections to Russia. In these sketches, Tom Segura takes middle stage as the principle antagonist; in others, he takes a again seat or doesn’t seem. When he does, Segura doesn’t draw back from donning costumes, wigs, or making himself out to be the butt of the joke.
The quick episodes additionally make the sequence a simple binge, with some sketches ending on cliffhangers as they lead into the subsequent entry. One recurring sketch that includes The Sopranos actor Robert Iler as Evan progressively will get weirder and connects the six episodes. There are some inconsistencies in the place every episode begins, because the framing gadget is just not at all times used to the identical impact in every entry. As I began watching Dangerous Ideas, I used to be satisfied that there was no approach that Tom Segura might high a selected quick, after which he managed to take action. These shorts might simply have stayed too lengthy or performed out the central joke, however Segura is aware of the place one thing is at peak comedy and by no means overstays its welcome. It additionally helps that the shorts vary from spoof movie trailers to innocuous tales which can be simply humorous to type longer tales that evoke genres like noir, French New Wave, and A24 productions.
Tom Segura is the director of some episodes, alongside Jeremy Konner and Rami Hachache. Segura additionally leads the writing workers, that includes Konner, Hachache, Craig Gerard, Conor Galvin, Greg Tuculescu, and Matthew Zinman. The sequence has a number of notable visitor stars, together with Dan Stevens in a number of roles and Daniella Pineda, Shea Whigham, Kirk Fox, Bobby Lee, and Rachel Bloom. The extent that Segura goes to make these movies humorous will rely on the viewers’s humorousness, however in the event you just like the comic’s fashion, you’ll be assured to like this sequence. The manufacturing values alone rival every other comedy sequence on the air and jogged my memory of the place Jordan Peele and Louis C.Ok. began earlier than broadening their cinematic muscle tissue. Segura positively has an appreciation for movie, and it shines in these tales, that are brilliantly twisted.
I laughed from the opening quick within the first episode and didn’t cease laughing by means of the sixth and ultimate episode. My largest grievance in regards to the sequence is how quick it’s, with most episodes barely cracking the half-hour mark. Any sketch-format sequence is sure to have some duds or unfunny materials, however Dangerous Ideas is a winner all through and has the potential to grow to be a perennial hit for Netflix. Whether or not or not we get a second season, Tom Segura has confirmed his abilities as a author and filmmaker of cinematic caliber initiatives. He has a voice destined to ship one thing on par with Jordan Peele’s transition from small display to Oscar winner. Segura has the potential to be large after this and when you see the episode involving big penises, you’ll know what I imply.
Dangerous Ideas is now streaming on Netflix.
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