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Rick and Morty: Childrick of Mort (2020)
Rick and Morty is smart. This was stupid.
For the first time ever, the show that managed to consistently portray the smartest man in the universe conceived a stupid episode that did not work on any level.
1) the premise is stupid. It's lazy and it makes little sense.
2) Jerry's "true" motivations were rehashed from other episode and did not make any sense in the context of camping. Summer's "burn" was just meaningless.
3) The take on evolution being highroaded by Rick was funny but neither smart nor neatly-executed. Very meh. Just a bunch of punchy quips for a process.
4) The productives and non-productives. Kill me. What a brainwashed, narrow, industrialist idea from a postmodern show that always plays with the idea that there are infinite possibilities in the universe
5) The recreation of biblical stories was 'fun' but still did not make any sense in the context of the story. Very forced and pretentious.
6) The whole God/Zeus thing was just embarrassing. Nothing about it worked.
Yes, the excessive down-rating is because Rick and Morty has set an incredibly high standard, but it is also because people keep ignoring the bad moments of great TV shows until they have another GOT on their hands. Nope. Not this time. This is a bad one. Raise your hand and let them know.
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: The Gang Beats Boggs: Ladies Reboot (2018)
Boring, but that's the point
You guys are all hella stupid (even those raving about the greatness of the episode). Aside from the performances and a few outrageous situations, this was a boring episode, one that resounds its theme. Women competing with, and hating on, other women to just get even with "The Man" is not only as sexist and damaging as it goes, it's also meaningless.
South Park: Doubling Down (2017)
The Greatest South Park Episode in a While
The characters are true to themselves. We get to see them be themselves in new and intriguing situations.
The two storylines are impeccably implemented together to give a meaningful form, something which has been lacking more often than not lately.
The theme is amazing, the morale important. and the perspective fresh.
South Park at its best, FINALLY
10/10
Tickling Giants (2016)
The Arab Spring's story told through the story of one man
Tickling Giant is a captivating, intense and authentic experience of what it means to rebel, about the consequences, what the stakes really are, and how the fresh wind of change is received by both the crooks and the oppressed. It is not the story of Bassem Youssef, for Bassem is only a satirist not a leader; it is a story of a voice retrieved, fought for with blood, clenched onto, and then ultimately lost. It shows, with vividness and authenticity, both the promise of the Arab spring and its eventual failure, touching on the reasons for that and showing the timeline of all of it happening in slow and inexorable progression.
It is a must-see for those who are interested in the story of the Arab Spring , for those who want to understand what it means to live in a third-world country where authoritarianism and ignorance prevail, and even for those who just want to know how fascism works and how to spot its warning signs. It's all of this and more, told in the context of Bassem Youssef's world.
As an Egyptian, I watched myself laugh, smile and cry throughout the film as I lived all of it again.