If you didn't get the early 2000's cult classic Napoleon Dynamite and if you think Amazon's The Boys is too vulgar, HBO Max's Pacemaker is not for you.
The humor is crude and juvenile and the lead character, Peacemaker is off-putting, self absorbed, socially awkward and a caricature of toxic masculinity...but if you're not too prude, it's hilarious. Many of the jokes are funny simply because of the shock value. It's intellectual slapstick with a good lick of physical slapstick for good measure.
And, then there's the dark side. Robert Patrick plays a KKK-esque Grand Wizard type character who is a unapologetic, explicitly offensive, verbally, emotionally and probably physically abusive bigot and is the obvious villain of the show. He's beyond offensive and many people will hate the show because of the hurtful, foul things he says about homosexuals, people of Asian decent, Black people and any other non-white hetero male demographic. Dude is foul, but I have faith that this despicable character development is so viewers know who to root against when the protagonist is such a failed hero. Not an anti-hero, but a failed hero.
Don't look for this to be more than what it is. It's either for you or it isn't. If you can differentiate between being uncomfortable and being offended you'll probably enjoy the show but if you don't understand the nuance between the two you're going to hate it.
The humor is crude and juvenile and the lead character, Peacemaker is off-putting, self absorbed, socially awkward and a caricature of toxic masculinity...but if you're not too prude, it's hilarious. Many of the jokes are funny simply because of the shock value. It's intellectual slapstick with a good lick of physical slapstick for good measure.
And, then there's the dark side. Robert Patrick plays a KKK-esque Grand Wizard type character who is a unapologetic, explicitly offensive, verbally, emotionally and probably physically abusive bigot and is the obvious villain of the show. He's beyond offensive and many people will hate the show because of the hurtful, foul things he says about homosexuals, people of Asian decent, Black people and any other non-white hetero male demographic. Dude is foul, but I have faith that this despicable character development is so viewers know who to root against when the protagonist is such a failed hero. Not an anti-hero, but a failed hero.
Don't look for this to be more than what it is. It's either for you or it isn't. If you can differentiate between being uncomfortable and being offended you'll probably enjoy the show but if you don't understand the nuance between the two you're going to hate it.
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