A Parks and Recreation Special
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| NBC | Release Date: April 30, 2020 |
Summary:
Leslie Knope checks in with her friends while under self-isolating at home in this special episode that will raise money for Feeding America’s COVID-19 Response Fund.
Genre(s):
Comedy, Events & Specials
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Positive:
13
Mixed:
1
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0
May 1, 2020
Season 1 Review:
It all felt honest, made with love. There was never any sense that the actors had been away from their characters for five years, or of shoehorning old material into a weirdly shaped new box. It was pure Leslie Knope, addressing the real emergency by raising money, addressing the series by staying true to its spirit, and addressing the audience as part of the community.
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May 1, 2020
May 1, 2020
Season 1 Review:
It was everything fans of the sweet, hopeful and hilarious series could have hoped for in this time of great need. ... The special captured the essence of the series and the mood of the current crisis perfectly, as the actors easily slipped back into old characters and offered each other (and viewers) support during tough times.
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May 1, 2020
Season 1 Review:
The special is a fun-with-characters piece, not quite the sitcom-Wire of yore. Still, I admire how Schur curls our pandemic reality back to the foundational Parks and Recreation saga of civil service in the face of overwhelming odds. ... A Parks and Recreation Special is a genuine return from one of the best TV series ever made. In a strange way, the sitcom’s faux-documentary structure lends itself well to the videoconferencing conceit.
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May 1, 2020
Season 1 Review:
So is “Parks and Recreation” too light and sunny to deal with this moment? It may be the classic comedy that’s just light and sunny enough — in part because that lightness has always been grounded, however subtly, in reality. ... This made for a better kind of very special episode. “Parks” didn’t return for half an hour to tell us what to think; it helped us feel what we feel.
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May 1, 2020
Season 1 Review:
“A Parks and Recreation Special” was not the greatest episode of Parks and Rec there’s ever been. The cast and crew are mainly apt to just play the old favorites and make you smile rather than telling a brand new story with fresh material. ... Groundbreaking or not, we need that warmth and that hope now more than ever and, with a characteristically good cause, “A Parks and Recreation Special” more than delivered.
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The Independent
May 1, 2020
Season 1 Review:
This was a special that was lightly funny, technically splendid and made for a good cause (money raised, and then matched by a number of corporate sponsors, went to Feeding America’s Covid-19 fund). It was impossible to dislike – even if it was inescapably melancholy.
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Jul 18, 2020
Absolutamente incrível! É muito bom poder rever esses personagens tão especiais
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May 2, 2020
This felt very pure and it was clear this was made with a lot of care and love. Fans of the show will definitely love this.
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May 1, 2020
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