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Abbi Jacobson | ... |
Abbi Abrams
(30 episodes, 2014-2016)
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Ilana Glazer | ... |
Ilana Wexler
(30 episodes, 2014-2016)
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Hannibal Buress | ... |
Lincoln Rice
(20 episodes, 2014-2016)
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Paul W. Downs | ... |
Trey Pucker
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(19 episodes, 2014-2016)
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Arturo Castro | ... |
Jaime Castro
(17 episodes, 2014-2016)
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John Gemberling | ... |
Matt Bevers
(16 episodes, 2014-2016)
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Chris Gethard | ... |
Todd
(13 episodes, 2014-2016)
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Broad City follows two women throughout their daily lives in New York City, making the smallest and mundane events hysterical and disturbing to watch all at the same time.
As the title says, I had VERY high hopes before I finally watched the first half of season 1. Trailers looked good, reviews were splendid.
What a waste of time. I've heard so many comparisons with shows I still enjoy or did enjoy, but Broad City falls flat in any regard.
The show tries to land on a middle ground between totally FUBAR and relatable in your every day live and it achieves none. Seinfeld was your regular piece where you could relate. It's Always Sunny and Workaholics were your piece of mind if you gave up on all boundaries.
Broad City is neither and even in the most dull sense, it still didn't have a single funny moment. The whole show seems to get credit for two girls being stoned and get around. But guess what... that ain't funny. That's as regular, hilarious and inspired as your train being late again.
After the first half of the first season, it really seems like Big Brother. Not absurd enough to blow your mind, and even if they try, those are ideas we have seen dozens of times on other shows. And if they don't reach out for that, the girls simple aren't interesting and catchy enough to even bother.
The only good thing I can say about this show is what some might consider the worst insult. They look kinda neat. End of it. Not funny, not witty, nothing new, nothing shocking, nothing to keep you hanging on.
It's actually NOT about women can't be funny. Fey, Poehler, Dreyfuss, they all were/are great. These two chicks just surf on a wave, but they are inferior to all those that came before, whether we talk format or actress.