- Network: Netflix
- Series Premiere Date: Feb 28, 2023
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Things need to be tighter, but there are some decent laughs. Demetriou has a wayward, experimental comic energy still very much in the making.
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There’s enough here for any Stath fan to love, and anyone unfamiliar with Demetriou to go looking for more afterward. There are times like these, however, where I might wish sketch comedy collections had chapter dividers so you could SKIP more easily past the less effective scenes.
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The comic material is decidedly British, with a Netflix sheen: silly, but lacking the sharpness of Stath or his live sketch characters. It’s that attempt to straddle both worlds that leaves Demetriou’s comedy feeling surprisingly watered down.
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A Whole Lifetime is an enjoyable snack for Demetriou fans but one that leaves you with the feeling of “yes, and what now?” and the suspicion that, if only for a short moment, another writer needs to take hold of Demetriou’s natural pathos and unforced mania, and force him into a different shape.