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The character can be his own worst enemy at times, but he sure is fun to watch, and when you throw in the kind of pathos that a comparable show like Entourage never really had, it's a recipe for something special.
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It's a very good season, with enough idiosyncrasy to triumph over some growing pains.
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Dave is nothing if not a show for a very specific taste. It’s too smart to be labeled sophomoric, and while it’s packed with really great acting and a lot of heart, it’s also entirely common and accurate to use the word “weird” to describe it. But, like Dave himself, that’s part of its charm.
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An excellent (and severe) second season.
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It’s hard to knock a show that strives for sophistication while thumbing its nose at the very idea of sophistication itself. Dave – and Dave – is a maddening muddle, but one with serious talent.
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With more focus and subtly than before, the new season of Dave proves this is a series worth your time. And let’s be honest, those stupid jokes still make us belly laugh.
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More confident than the first season, this “Dave” shows a side of the fictional Burd that’s more believable. ... While “Dave” embraces too many guest stars, it doesn’t shortchange GaTa (the show’s stealth weapon) or Burd. Burd, in fact, is a much better actor this time out. ... “Dave” really soars on the backs of its unexpected stars.
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I wasn’t individually blown away by any one single episode like I was with “Hype Man.” Instead, I was collectively impressed with how well the new season maintains its creative momentum. No, Dave isn’t quite on the level of Atlanta, but some of the tonal swings that creators Dave Burd and Jeff Schaffer are taking are comparably ambitious, even if they’re frequently buried in that aforementioned onslaught of penis jokes.
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It does a good job convincing the viewer, as Dave rapped to Charlamagne, that his heart is in the right place. But it’s also getting better at asking whether that’s enough.
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This was already an excellent show that seems to have leveled up in its second season. As he works on the new album, Dave the character is struggling to expand what he can do; Dave the comedy has already figured that out.
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Burd and his team here haven’t made Dave more likable—in fact, the opposite may be true—but he’s increasingly surrounded by people who call him on his shit, which makes for sharper humor that feels like it’s taking risks with more confidence, even as Lil Dicky himself lacks exactly that. ... "Dave" is not quite as ambitious as “Atlanta” and often resorts to physical humor or juvenile jokes, but the start of the second season actually made me wonder if it could eventually be.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 11 out of 20
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Mixed: 2 out of 20
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Negative: 7 out of 20
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Aug 6, 2021
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Jul 28, 2021
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Aug 17, 2021The first season was sooo good, and this? Just meh.
Gave it a 3, for how many times I laughed