jt_h13 Reviews

Curb Your Enthusiasm: Fish Stuck (2024) Season 12, Episode 5

Fish Stuck: A Truly Legendary Episode of Curb

[10/10 · 6 March 2024]

This should go down as a Top 5 episode of all time to many. Rest in Peace to the legendary Richard Lewis.

From the incredible one liners to the multiple layers of storylines all converging to one of the funniest endings of all time, this is vintage Larry David. The ending as well as its lead up alludes to Larry's mortality and how he might start to think about how he might be remembered once his time comes. Although he tries to write his own narrative, and in this season at least, tries to do good by sticking with a woman he hates, eventually his Larryism is just inevitable.

To me this episode is a great example of the spirit of "Curb Your Enthusiasm" - people projecting false enthusiasm to suggest that they are better than others. In this season, even Larry does it (Voters Rights Advocate; Repulsive Addict Helper). Yet in the end, we are who we are, and you can go ahead and write that in stone.

Fourth of July (2022)

A Standout "Authentic" Comedy

[8/10 · 2 July 2022]

I went into this expecting an average movie, but was honestly blown away. With so many overproduced, overacted and overperfected films these days, this one felt truly authentic. Louis CK's writing stands out throughout: Fourth of July delivers genuinely hilarious moments seemingly at every turn. As a master of comedy, Louis understands better than most that great comedy comes from great pain. The film does an exceptional job of exploring the blurred line between surface level "okayness" (aided by humor, beer, and raunchy jokes) and the deeper emotions that we all suppress. By exploring this blurred space, the audience experiences laughter and sadness almost simultaneously. I believe this is the greatest form of comedy, and a reflection of life itself: wanting to cry from pain, but also laughing at the absurdity of it all and ultimately telling yourself the same thing this movie tells you: it's gonna be okay.

Curb Your Enthusiasm: Artificial Fruit (2020) Season 10, Episode 3

Great episode

[10/10 · 3 February 2020]

Didn't love the first two but this one was undeniably brilliant. I'm also very thankful to be getting 40 minute episodes, almost double the usual. The hate on here is strange, it's becoming trendy to remark that Curb has become exaggerated. Hysterical episode, not sure how you could dislike it.