![]() It’s been impressive for a show to find its footing so quickly and build on it (granted, Broad City was a cult web series before it found a home with executive producer Amy Poehler at Comedy Central, which just announced that the series would be renewed for a third season). Some of the best comedy shows thrive from building and living within self-contained environments ( Arrested Development, Seinfeld, Parks and Recreation), and Broad City’s second season looks equally eager to define the borders and contours of its own world. More than the jokes and characters, where Broad City betrays its maturity and confidence is in its total commitment to Abbi and Ilana’s own delightfully skewed and insular reality. Sweet (flatulent) Abbi is often passive and self-doubting, given to bursts of energy and gall at the urging of Ilana, who is equal parts bullshittery and sincerity, and whose deep ignorance and irony are only sometimes redeemed by her sensitivity and good intentions. Glazer and Jacobson proved in the first season that they could pull off outrageous without being tone-deaf or relying on stunt scenes-an admirable achievement for a show that centers on two self-absorbed female millennials. (Example: “You’re going to vagina-swallow Jeremy tonight.”)īut the show isn’t getting complacent, subject-wise: The first few episodes weave rape, sexual experimentation, discrimination, death, and socioeconomic privilege into their storylines, but avoid shoehorning commentary or moralizing. And more brilliant one-liners that could seemingly only be birthed by a comedy show written by and starring two women who manage to be exponentially funnier in the first episode than dude-flick star Rogen. More frank sex talk, including chatting about the intricacies of pegging at a shiva. More body humor (blow-drying pubes and butt-sweat-absorbing napkins). There are more cameos to look forward to (Wednesday’s premiere features Seth Rogen and Kumail Nanjiani). ![]() Downs had a role in the film as Peter, Johansson's husband-to-be. The plot focused on a bachelorette party gone horribly, horribly wrong. The Scarlett Johansson-starring film also featured Zo Kravitz, Kate McKinnon, Jillian Bell and Downs' Broad City cohort, Ilana Glazer. As expected, the show’s second season stakes out familiar turf for itself: luxurious weed breaks, Bed Bath & Beyond trips, highly stylized music video fantasy sequences, more Soulstice. Rough Night was a dark comedy film released in 2017. ![]()
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