Community Review (all seasons with spoilers)

I breakdown the show as a whole as well as the main and recurring characters. Spoilers are ahead. Hopefully I didn’t Britta this podcast.

 

Recorded January 1, 2021 (Happy New Year)

 

-The wonders of streaming 

 

-The characters have become my friends

 

-Pre-pandemic and post-pandemic TV watching

 

-The characters

 

Jeff

-Joel McHale

-First impression

-Stereotypes

-Layers and evolution

 

Britta

 

-Gillian Jacobs

-Finding something in common with each

-Character traits

 

Troy

 

-Donald Glover (I didn’t know he was on this show)

-Childish Gambino

-Awaken My Love and Donald Glover Presents

-The beard

-First impression

-Caring, sensitivity, openness

-Relationship with Abed

-Moving on

-Skills

 

Abed

-Danny Pudi

-First impression

-Layers and evolution

-Commonalities with Abed

-Abed as a device

-Psychotic breaks and exploration

-Reading emotions

-Strengths and struggles

-Never was a “very special episode”

 

Pierce

-Chevy Chase and similarities to Pierce

-Growing up with Chevy Chase

-Saturday Night Live Vacation, Spies Like Us, Fletch

-Layers and evolution

-Chase on set

-Physical comedy

-Mixed bag

 

Shirley

-Yvette Nicole Brown and The Talking Dead

-Layers, contradictions

-Shirley’s different voices

 

Annie

-Alison Brie (I didn’t know she was on the show)

-GLOW

-Horse Girl and mental illness

-Aderral addiction

-Ambition

-Perfectionism and helping

-Relationship with Jeff

 

Buzz

-Jonathan Banks

-Played like Mike from Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul

-Relationship with Abed

 

Elroy

-Keith David

-Voice-over actor

-Platoon

-He doesn’t age

-Keith David and David Keith

-Elroy's arc

-The wedding episode

 

Frankie

-Paget Brewster

-Mystery

-Delivering of lines

-Had the show continued…

 

Chang

-Ken Jeong

-Hangover

-Before he was an actor

-So out there

-Different traits and experiences

 

Dean Pelton

-Jim Rash

-Layers

-“Coming out” episode

-Character traits 

-Anxieties, stress, knowledge

-Over the top

-Screaming

-Need to belong

 

Back to the Show

-Forming bonds

-Recurring characters (Garret, Leonard, Vicky, Police Officer, John Goodman, etc.)

-I cried during the last episode

-#AndaMovie

-Episodes that stood out (Claymation, GI Joe, Dungeons and Dragons)

-Geekiness and geek culture of the present

-Jock culture of the 80s

-How everyone can get along

-One of those shows after a tough day

-Paintball episodes

-Zombie episode

-Never felt “threatened” 

-Community’s message

-John Oliver (didn’t know he was on the show)

-Self awareness (self aware about being self aware)

-New Year’s Day (Happy New Year)

-Hope is on the way and keep yourself informed. 

-Get your news from a credible source (BBC, New York Times, NPR, Washington Post, etc.)

-Don’t let a personality dictate how you think. Go to the science

-Give yourself a break

-Stay safe, wear a mask, practice social distancing, only go out if essential, don’t touch your face

-Take care of each other

 

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