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Unfrosted
Credit score: Netflix
Jerry Seinfeld has a joke in his standup routine the place he asks “what’s up with Pop Tarts?”
It’s a really Jerry Seinfeld bit, and it’s fairly humorous as a result of a very good comic is aware of the right way to spot these little bizarre cultural issues and take advantage of out of them. On this case, the Pop Tart—a breakfast deal with that I’ve by no means discovered in any respect satisfying, however one thing that “can by no means go stale as a result of it’s by no means been recent.”
There’s an absurdity to the Pop Tart. A bowl of cereal is tastier and simply as simple to organize. There’s way more selection with regards to breakfast cereals than Pop Tarts. However for no matter cause, the Pop Tart was successful, and that’s what Seinfeld’s new Netflix present Unfrosted explores.
Earlier than we go additional, right here’s the standup bit Seinfeld primarily primarily based this whole exhibit of:
Seinfeld shouldn’t be solely the star of Unfrosted however the creator and director and he’s gathered round him a reasonably stellar all-star solid together with Melissa McCarthy, Invoice Burr, James Marsden, Dan Levy, Hugh Grant, Jim Gaffigan, Christian Slater, Jack McBrayer, Sarah Cooper, Adrian Martinez and plenty of, many extra. The “one factor” I’m griping about is Amy Schumer, who I nonetheless discover completely puzzling. Schumer simply by no means comes off as notably humorous to me. She was a blight on Season 2 of Solely Murders In The Constructing. She’s simply not an excellent comic. She’s a kind of celebrities that someway made it regardless of being actually unhealthy on the factor she’s purported to be well-known for. Both that or I simply don’t click on along with her explicit model of humor.
Nonetheless, Unfrosted seems to be like a enjoyable Nineteen Sixties’ comedy concerning the intersection of breakfast and capitalism, and the way a reasonably mediocre, undeniably bland meals merchandise grew to become a large hit—sort of like a lot of the largest pop artists on the market. Pop Tart feels very apropos when you concentrate on it.
Right here’s the trailer:
Unfrosted pops onto Netflix on Might third.
