As hard as it may be to believe, the latest and brightest generation of British filmmakers has a lot to thank Margaret Thatcher for. After all, the consequences of his policy on the meats of the working class have been the main source of inspiration for filmmakers such as Ken Loach, Stephen Frears, Mike Leigh or, subsequently, Alan Clarke . Let's say that, even if only by accident, its imprint is more than substantial. With Donald Trump something similar is on the way. Without moving from Netflix, currently the most controversial miniseries is about a former friend of hers (child molester Jeffrey Epstein) , the most watched documentary on the platform portrays with unhealthy cruelty much of the base of its electorate(Tiger King) and, today, the most anticipated sitcom of the quarter revolves around one of its most celebrated occurrences. And faces. In the summer of two years ago, he announced a new branch of the army; Before the sentence was over, Greg Daniels, Steve Carell and Netflix themselves had already spoken to him. Just today Space Force arrives at the platform , which without being substantially an idea of ​​the President of the United States, is accidentally, again. Indeed, the sitcom of the creators of the American version of The office deals with the creation and training of militias destined to occupy the Moon and the outer space around it. And it's not a joke. Or yes, yes it is.

The first thing that catches the attention of the 10 half-hour chapters is their ambition, their power. It could not be otherwise. Forget about closed spaces, canned laughs, or recurring decorations. Both the payment chain and the creative couple know very well that the office The Office reached a stratospheric audience as soon as it arrived on the grill. It is therefore a matter of repeating the launch to the stars. And so that no one doubts, in the cast they appear from John Malkovich in a new reinterpretation of John Malkovich , Lisa Kudrow with a gesture not so far from that of Friends or the imminent star Diana Silvers.

The entire series oscillates, so to speak, between the delirium of grandeur and the delusional enormity. It is about matching the madness of an endless mission in the hands of a hollow-headed general (Carell) and the erratic of a family life (father and daughter live alone) in the middle of nowhere. The base where everything is prepared is in the middle of the desert.

The result is only half achieved. It always takes a sitcom to get its place, to make the characters' hobbies perfectly identifiable. But now, and with so many and such great elements in sight, the confusion is greater. The really brilliant moments (the first in charge of a monkey) are spaced out by excessively rewarding plots and riddled with good feelings. Space force wants the viewer to take charge of the absurdity of everything before leaving his capital in the hands of a couple of brilliant jokes. And that is not a bad thing. Upside down. The problem is expectations. So much is expected that the high pass with which the exam passes seems scarce.

Be that as it may, and towards the end, the chemistry between an idiot with initiative and a scientist who does not believe what he is attending ends up giving us a beautiful description of the state of affairs in the Trump era. And now yes, we have arrived.

Who said that neo-liberalism does not support creation? Accidentally.

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Dan Harmon, the one from 'Rick and Morty', turns a University of Failures (Greendale Community College) into the perfect setting for what is pompously called Human Comedy. There are six tireless seasons to attend, among other miracles, the eternal resurrection of Chevy Chase.

it crowd (computer scientists)

In the episode 'The work outing' we attended a musical titled 'Gay, the gay musical'. Probably, the genre 'sitcom' has in this summit of the politically furious its Everest. Homosexuality and disability go hand in hand in the most aggressively funny joke that no one has ever dared to utter. The life of those in charge of telling us to turn the computer on and off every time it is blocked is more than just essential.

derek

On a page where 'The office' is written several times, its true creator, the British, could not be missing. Without a doubt, a vintage comedian. Of all of them. Ricky Gervais composes in two seasons the best approximation of the slightly desolate humor that he so keenly practices. Then, of course, it is time to be kidnapped by the black lucidity of 'After life'.

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His thing when talking about 'sitcoms' is to never forget the classics:' Friends', Seinfeld ',' Cheers' ... They all share an attribute: they look without feeling, without even breathing. Empathy stuff. Well, the Spanish contribution to this ranking is the only one that is impossible to face. The creation of Juan Cavestany and Fernández Armero is seen because it suffers. And there, in pain, pleasure.

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