'Legit' is a show that literally has something to offend everyone. No sacred cow is left unslaughtered: the disabled, women, obesity, sex, love, honor, trust... you name it. There's no pulling back, no flinching. If you can't handle that - or don't want to - fair enough. There are hordes of toothless sitcoms carefully designed to lull you back into a somnolent feeling of security.
But if you're willing to go outside your comfort zone - WAY outside - 'Legit' is as funny as it gets. Like Jim Jeffries' standup comedy, the series tackles subjects too unthinkable for the most sensitive video drama... and makes them the butt of merciless full-on ridicule. The result is screamingly, painfully, disgustingly hilarious. The only show I can think of to rival it is the Scottish masterpiece 'Still Game,' which takes aging, poverty, death, hopelessness and petty malice as the basis of its own crude and very true-to-life humor.
Check the reviews on this site. You'll see a bunch of 10/10 ratings, and a few 0/10. That's exactly what the creators were shooting for. 'Legit' would be a failure if NO ONE was revolted and enraged. Jeffries' contends (seriously or not) that absolutely ANYTHING is a 'legitimate' subject for humor. He forces us to justify our objections... And makes us realize that it's NOT a trivial exercise.
With 'Legit,' Jeffries scrapes the civilized veneer off some very painful truths. You can accept them and laugh, or deny them and be offended... but he makes it very hard to escape them unscathed.
But if you're willing to go outside your comfort zone - WAY outside - 'Legit' is as funny as it gets. Like Jim Jeffries' standup comedy, the series tackles subjects too unthinkable for the most sensitive video drama... and makes them the butt of merciless full-on ridicule. The result is screamingly, painfully, disgustingly hilarious. The only show I can think of to rival it is the Scottish masterpiece 'Still Game,' which takes aging, poverty, death, hopelessness and petty malice as the basis of its own crude and very true-to-life humor.
Check the reviews on this site. You'll see a bunch of 10/10 ratings, and a few 0/10. That's exactly what the creators were shooting for. 'Legit' would be a failure if NO ONE was revolted and enraged. Jeffries' contends (seriously or not) that absolutely ANYTHING is a 'legitimate' subject for humor. He forces us to justify our objections... And makes us realize that it's NOT a trivial exercise.
With 'Legit,' Jeffries scrapes the civilized veneer off some very painful truths. You can accept them and laugh, or deny them and be offended... but he makes it very hard to escape them unscathed.