Weird City: The One (2019)
Season 1, Episode 1
8/10
2 self aware characters give the audience insight into this weird city
20 February 2019
Much like most of his other projects, Dylan O'Brien is a surrogate for the audience in this strange world. He's just as horrified by the pretentiousness of the 'Above the Line' Crowd as the audience is supposed to be.

With less than 30 minutes this comedy manages to introduce characters that are relatable in a world that is not. It was made possible by stellar casting.

Ed O'Neil has always been cast as an undersell, and his masculinity and appeal is always good-natured and hidden under a lovable or pitiful innocence.

Dylan O'Brien's appeal depends greatly in his ability to humanize his characters and put himself into his roles. He seems self-aware of how mad the upper class world is, above the line.

The show worked due to the cast's ability to convince the audience that people would live like the 'aboves' and conform to an indulgent life that borders on sinister in it's insistence that residents above the line conform to certain standards

Tiny dirty jokes inserted without a laugh track or a pause make this one of the most well-written pieces of work I've seen in a long time.

O'Brien shows his stealth comedy skills once again, and O'Neil reminds us why we believed Vera Farmiga would marry him, and why he is still in the business
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