- Network: Netflix
- Series Premiere Date: Apr 23, 2019
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Robinson is a master of embarrassment. His sketches tend to focus on two types of characters: people who tell small lies that grow larger and more obvious as they refuse to come clean, and people who are too irrational, confused or stubborn to understand what’s happening--or refuse to understand because that would require admitting their own ignorance. This might sound like typical cringe comedy turf, but Robinson keeps it fresh by extending ideas behind all bounds of logic.
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The first season can be consumed in an hour and 40 minutes, making it a reasonable length for a feature film and an ideal timeframe for short-form comedy. “I Think You Should Leave” won’t be for everyone, but it’s going to be a few subscribers’ new favorite show--just as Ted Sarandos intended.
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In eight absurdist episodes, Robinson and a collection of guest performers (including Will Forte, Vanessa Bayer, Tim Heidecker, Sam Richardson, and many other very funny people) ruin parties, befoul bathrooms, disgrace funerals, post inappropriately on Instagram, and make their co-workers miserable. All of this lunacy is a delight unto itself, and the show mocks higher ambitions toward moral commentary.
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It’s grotesque, provocative and postmodern (and ever so pleased with itself). And it pushes the concept of “comedy” to the absolute limit. In the process, Robinson has created a show that is strange and broken – and ultimately quite joyless.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 8 out of 11
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Mixed: 2 out of 11
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Negative: 1 out of 11
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May 1, 2019
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Aug 1, 2021
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May 22, 2019At only 2 hours this immensely bingable sketch show debuts a new voice in comedy that changes the way you look at comedy itself.