I thought season 2 was even better than season 1. On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 9:50 PM Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote:
> Finally finished the second season of Aziz Ansari’s “Master of None.” The > first season was a surprise for me. Ansari took a serious look at > relationships and it was not wrapped up with a neat little bow. And there > was lots of humor, much of it gentle, along the way. The public noticed and > he was nominated for a Golden Globe and a bunch of Emmys and won several, > including writing, directing and acting. He’s nominated again. > > The beginning of the second season was also a surprise for me. Ansari > picks up the story in Italy and I’ll admit some cultural prejudice getting > used to a person of Indian descent reveling in Italian culture and speaking > the language. But he pulled it off. The plot returns to the United States. > An interesting episode focuses on door men. Someone else described that > episode as a love letter to New York and that’s probably right. But for me, > the wheels start coming off the show in the last episodes as Ansari deals > with another love story. The strength of the show had been its humor and > light touch. Ansari starts to plod here. Most episodes are roughly a half > hour. The penultimate is a full hour and it probably didn’t need to be. My > sense was that Ansari could figure out a better way to say what he wanted > to say, so he stretched it out. I also got no sense of chemistry. Language > could be part of the problem as the Italian actress seemed to be spitting > out rehearsed lines. > > Maybe that’s just me. We’ll see how they do at the Emmys next week. And > it’s still a great show. I look forward to season 3. > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
