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Reviews for Netflix's American Vandal #whodrewthedicks
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RedAssedApe
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lol...i'm so in after that trailer.
RedAssedApe
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For those who are watching is this comparison apt:
Indie Wire said:
RedAssedApe
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s2 confirmed?
Messofanego
Banned
Finished up. I think some of the reviews are definitely right that by the end, it's leaning more into drama than comedy, although I don't think that's really a bad thing. The questions of "how can a series of dick jokes sustain a four hour miniseries" from the trailer were on point, because they can't (episode titles aside) and they don't from the halfway mark. I honestly started to forget it was about dick grafitti at parts, because it smartly segues into examining the role of the documentarian and the responsibility of being the "agent of truth", as well as viewing high school through the lens of a true crime wrapping.
Pilot was absolutely incredible holy shit. Nailed the mockumentary style.
Very much so, yes. Dylan and his friends are burnouts but they're portrayed in a sympathetic light.
And of course the whole shebang is a parody of the true crime docs.
Very much so, yes. Dylan and his friends are burnouts but they're portrayed in a sympathetic light.
And of course the whole shebang is a parody of the true crime docs.
I was pleasantly surprised by the ending, personally. It's got something of a swerve but
it ends up giving you all the answers you need, if not the ones you want. I like that it ends with the uncertainty that while they manage to clear an innocent person, they can't be so sure of who's guilty/
If there's two things that take me out of this, it's that the cinematography is way too good for high school students, and the fact that all the evidence in the documentary contains copious amounts of illegal activity by the teens goes completely unremarked by adults or administration.
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Kabuki Quantum Lover
Member
I must be a child: I laughed a lot at Baby Farting 2.
Oh yeah I broke on that one 😂
How American Vandal reinvented the dick joke
"Everyone knows that if you text someone 'heyy' with two Ys, that means they want to fuck. Or, you know, give a hand job."
"Each additional Y indicates how much they want the D"
Fucking summer camp color wars. Holy shit this show is speaking to me on a fundamental level.
"Everyone knows that if you text someone 'heyy' with two Ys, that means they want to fuck. Or, you know, give a hand job."
"Each additional Y indicates how much they want the D"
Fucking summer camp color wars. Holy shit this show is speaking to me on a fundamental level.
IAmtheFMan
Member
The wife and I watched through episode 2 and burst out laughing when they literally trace Dylan's timeline in the same way they did in Serial.
Ryo Hazuki
Member
Watched all this today. Really enjoyed it and kept me engaged until the end. Definitely worth a watch as the episodes feel short enough to never get boring. Good stuff.
Abilidebob
Member
I'm up to episode 4.
Holy shit I'm enjoying it WAY more than I thought I'd. I'm actually involved in the whole thing, trying to pierce things together and I laughed quite a few times.
Holy shit I'm enjoying it WAY more than I thought I'd. I'm actually involved in the whole thing, trying to pierce things together and I laughed quite a few times.
.Detective.
Member
I am on episode 4 right now, too.
OMG, I died at the part about Ming's actual origin and the segment on Peter's motive. The look on his face after watching it.
lol
OMG, I died at the part about Ming's actual origin and the segment on Peter's motive. The look on his face after watching it.
lol
WickedLaharl
Member
all these whiteboard dicks look exactly the same!
.Detective.
Member
He reminds me of a History teacher I had in middle school who painstakingly tried to be cool.
I also had a Spanish teacher who was widely loved but had it out for me like Shapiro.
Unfortunately, I was not someone who regularly drew dicks on the whiteboard.
#samedickdifferentday
Admiral Woofington
Member
I'm watching this right now. And it's amazing
You need to hear the podcast this is parodying and other similar shows. They love repeating the same talk points and going over and over to the same evidence.
.Detective.
Member
Sam's side investigation
lol
lol
Admiral Woofington
Member
Just finished. As a whole it's a very satirical and hilarious version of Serial, but emulation in satire form worked wonders because where Serial lost me over how serious it was and how I got bored of the narrator going over the same crap over and over again, in here it worked out because I had the sillier side to look forward to.
Then you start seeing the message behind making documentaries like these and about labels and you start seeing what the creators ultimate message is.
It's not messages we haven't heard day in day out in this day and age. But I think the combination plus the whole package was really worth it.
I was right there with many of you thinking Netflix was running out of ideas if they went for this, but I really fucking enjoyed it and binge it in one day.
Then you start seeing the message behind making documentaries like these and about labels and you start seeing what the creators ultimate message is.
It's not messages we haven't heard day in day out in this day and age. But I think the combination plus the whole package was really worth it.
I was right there with many of you thinking Netflix was running out of ideas if they went for this, but I really fucking enjoyed it and binge it in one day.
Sam was the best character already, then that came out and he became a God.
'The podcast' being Serial? They're parodying a large number of true crime series that don't all have atrocious editing. Serial didn't even have a visual component, most of the charts they're mocking are found solely on their website so there's not a good parallel there.
Aside from that "gag" everything else has been great.
sixteen-bit
Member
Episode 3 spoilers.
i had to pause the video and laugh for like 5 minutes after the victory blunt scene
Admiral Woofington
Member
Reviews say you won't be laughing often, but I disagree I laughed plenty.
Just finished, and this was shockingly well done.
The general concept (srs investigation into who spray-painted dicks on teachers cars) seems like it sets up a mockumentary with humor like Seven Days in Hell or Tour de Pharmacy transplanted into the Making a Murderer framework that would be all over-the-top crude jokes and whatever.
But the actual show they've created works incredibly well because it takes its subject matter fairly seriously, and really commits to the true-crime format. Everything from the theories to the evidence to the twists and turns of the investigation to the parts where it gets kind of meta and acknowledges
feels like they took it seriously. It still manages to be humorous and entertaining, but it does it while keeping the whodunnit at the core of the show interesting as an actual puzzle and not just a string of jokes about ball hair. And the casting is pretty perfect throughout. I also thought the ultimate resolution of the story was super satisfying.
This ended up being nothing like what I was expecting, and I do half worry that the premise will turn off people who might actually really enjoy it, but it's definitely in the top tier of Netflix originals in my opinion.
The general concept (srs investigation into who spray-painted dicks on teachers cars) seems like it sets up a mockumentary with humor like Seven Days in Hell or Tour de Pharmacy transplanted into the Making a Murderer framework that would be all over-the-top crude jokes and whatever.
But the actual show they've created works incredibly well because it takes its subject matter fairly seriously, and really commits to the true-crime format. Everything from the theories to the evidence to the twists and turns of the investigation to the parts where it gets kind of meta and acknowledges
the impact the growing popularity of the documentary has, or how the show ultimately impacts the lives of the characters
This ended up being nothing like what I was expecting, and I do half worry that the premise will turn off people who might actually really enjoy it, but it's definitely in the top tier of Netflix originals in my opinion.
Suikoguy
I whinny my fervor lowly, for his length is not as great as those of the Hylian war stallions
I thought there would be little chance of this working in a long-form multi-episode format but after:
Episode 2:
I'm sold.
Fund more unique content like this Netflix.
Episode 2:
The lake mock up with line of sight simulation... among other simulations
Fund more unique content like this Netflix.
umop_3pisdn
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This show is excellent.