ICYMI: PeacockTV's BasedOnTrueStory tries to be a comedy about the obsession with truecrime podcasts, but it's nothing more than a mush-brained & painfully unfunny mess: REVIEW / KaleyCuoco ChrisMessina
play an aspirational middle-class couple hitting hard times and life's disappointments who decide to play on her obsession with True Crime podcasts to make one of their own. The twist is they're going to interview a real, active serial killer for their series rather than turn themselves in. This show is bad, really bad. its moral compass is totally messed up.
It doesn't work as a comedy because the writing is mushy, and none of it is funny. its tone is all over the place as it tries to convince us it's funny, but there's not a single funny line in it. For this to work as a comedy, the characters would need to be more hysterical, much more horrible, crazy, and stupid in order for any satire to hit. A comedy or satire where the main characters are truly horrible people needs to be steely and laser-focused, and mercilessly nasty likewas. Instead, it's all mushy. We're meant to empathize with Cuoco and Messina as they make one idiotic decision after another as they avoid exposing the killer to the police to let him run amok longer.
. There's not a single funny line in the series. It doesn't go beyond mildly amusing, and for a show about dark themes about the public's obsession with murder and True Crime podcasts, that's not enough. Cuoco and Messina are not underdogs, they're opportunists who become criminals without redeeming qualities and who are too mediocre to be interesting enough for us to care about.Patricia Highsmiththat none of its writers have the cruel nerve or steeliness of a Highsmith.
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