How “This Fool” Became the Summer’s Best Comedy | The New Yorker

How “This Fool” Became the Summer’s Best Comedy

How “This Fool” Became the Summer’s Best Comedy

The Hulu series tackles depression, the carceral state, and racial tension in L.A. It’s also laugh-out-loud funny.

via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/on-television/how-this-fool-became-the-summers-best-comedy

Luis is impulsive, Napoleonic, and stuck in the values he held when he entered prison; Julio is self-important, neurotic, and paralyzed by choice even in porn. The protagonists aren’t irreproachable role models but something rarer and more valuable: relatable assholes