Showtime is getting into experimental comedy game. After the very broad comedy of Black Comedy
comes Flatbush Misdemeanors. Based on a
short film of the same name that had a budget of zero dollars, the television
show is also created, written, and stars Kevin Iso (High Fidelity) and Dan
Perlman (That’s My Bus!). Dan plays Dan,
a teacher while Kevin plays Kevin, a painter who has to deliver food to make
money because you have to be either dead or famous to make money and crashes in
Dan’s apartment after moving back to Brooklyn.
It is an experimental comedy because it is one where the
writers do not feel obligated to put in at least one joke a minute for better
worse like more traditional comedies. So
the show is reminiscent in that way. The
show follows a four act structure; well the first episode does get a fifth act
that is designated solely by the surprise emoji.
The two leads mostly play it straight while they surround
themselves with a few more outlandish characters (well, I did laugh when it was
revealed that Kevin plays chess by himself).
The funniest is Dan’s new step-dad Kareem (played by Kareem Green) who
keeps trying to get Dan to call him dad.
Then there is the local petty criminal Drew (played by, you guessed it,
Hassan Johnson) that keeps entertaining himself in Kevin and/or Dan’s business.
Flatbush Misdemeanors will probably be enjoys by those who
prefer their comedy more experimental like Hulu's Ramy, but those who want their comedies to have
jokes that come fast and furious may want to stick with Black Monday.
Flatbush Misdemeanors airs Sundays at 10:30 on Showtime.
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