Comedy programs have a transmission resurgence after falling out of favor with network television. But look with us’ the selection for the comedy program that you need to see in May is not just a typical situation comedy. It is a setback to some of the one -hour television programs of the 70s and 80s.
Knives director Rian Johnson Created the original Peacock series Poquer face As a protagonist vehicle for Natasha Lyonne.
Lyonne plays Charlie Cale, a woman in the city in city to the city when she is attracted to the murder mysteries in each episode.
Poquer face He manages to take that premise and add humor without losing the life and death bets of the murders or falling into the farce. It is an act of delicate balance, but the capacity of the series to combine comic moments, drama and mystery is one of the reasons why Poquer face It is the only comedy program that you must see in May, especially now that the second season is transmitting.
Natasha Lyonne brings comedy and heart
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Poquer face It is not strictly a comedy, and has its dramatic moments. People are killed in this program, after all. But the winding tone of the series is reduced to Lyonne’s performance as Charlie Cale. Lyonne seems to get efforts in Charlie’s person as an extraordinarily charming woman who has a gift that makes her special. Somehow, Charlie can always say if someone is lying to him.
Most of the time, Charlie uses that talent to discover who killed someone with whom he recently. Apparently, there are network procedural crime boxes that cover murder investigations, but none of those series can make us laugh like Charlie’s mischief and responses when he is smoking a murderer.
Charlie’s other gift is that he really cares about other people. Without that compassion, Charlie could simply jump into the city without any of these murders. Charlie has no legal authority, but she assumes a moral authority to see justice is done. Lyonne exudes charm and an expert comic synchronization, and makes Charlie a memorable character instantly that you want to continue looking week after week.
It is a modern ‘columbo
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While Poquer face It is technically a mysterious series, it is not a whodunit. The identity of the murderer is revealed near the beginning of the episode. That is an excellent example of an inverted mystery, which was popularized by the classic television series Columbo. Like that program, Poquer faceThe mystery is not a resolution of a murder, it is if Charlie will catch and expose the murderer.
Lyonne’s character has been compared to Peter FalkThe Inspector Columbo because both are underestimated by the murderers who pursue. If Charlie had time and inclination, it would be a great detective. But unlike columbo, Charlie can’t trust a badge to get her answers. She has to be smarter about it.
Each episode has a cast of stellar guest
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Because Poquer face‘The format requires that Charlie constantly move from one place to another, allows several established actors to have individual appearances for guests as innocent victims, murderers or spectators.
It also gives invited stars the opportunity to flex their acting muscles. Only at the premiere of season 2, Cynthia Erivo It represents the Kazinsky sisters, Althegh sharing the exact number of sisters could be a spoiler. Other family faces that fall this season include Giancarlo Esposito” Katie Holmes” Kumail Nanjiani” John Cho” Corey Hawkins” Alia Shawkat” John Mulaney” Awkwafina” Jason Ritter and David Alan Grier. That is a cast to die, and some of your characters will do it!
The arch of the whole season accumulates slowly to a conclusion
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The reason why Charlie is always in execution is established in the first episode of the series. She was a casino worker who exhibited the illegal activities of her manager, Sterling Frost Jr. (Adrien Brody), Who later ended up dead. Sterling’s father, Sterling Frost Mr. (Ron Perlman), He blamed Charlie for his son’s disappearance and sent Cliff Legrand (Benjamin Bratt) After her.
That plot was resolved in the final of season 1, which was a new story in which Charlie turned an enemy with the rival of Sterling, Beatrix Hasp (Rhea Perlman). HASP offered Charlie an option to work for her or die. In response, Charlie decided to run. If the rest of season 2 follows the pattern established in season 1, then that story will be touched during the season before reaching a critical point at the end of season 2. Assuming that Poquer face It is renewed for season 3, we are curious to know how the program will keep it on the way for the next lot of episodes.
Poquer face It is transmitting in peacock.