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IndieWireMay 4, 2016
May 3, 2016
Season 4 Review:
This theoretically grim material [addiction], but the real-life Maron transmutes it into gold. [6 May 2016, p.51]
May 3, 2016
Season 4 Review:
Maron may not delve that deeply [into substance abuse]--by Episode 2 of the new season, Marc is showing signs that he’s the same irksome guy in rehab that he was before. But if nothing else, the premiere does effectively, yet comedically, show two truths of substance abuse: Addicts need enablers who fuel their problem, either deliberately or inadvertently, and most need someone to intervene to help them climb out of the pit.
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May 3, 2016
Season 4 Review:
Marc still has all the bite he did in the past, still doesn’t suffer fools gladly, and still neurotically struggles with pride, masculinity and maturity; all this tinged with a new sadness that comes after a fall from success. For those who don’t know the show but appreciate comedy that doesn’t shy away from reality’s occasional harshness, add Maron to your watchlist.
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May 6, 2013
Season 1 Review:
It takes what's great about the WTF podcast--Maron's smarts, his profound love of and understanding of comedy and the people who perform it--and adds a scripted, fictional element where Sally Kellerman can play his mother and Judd Hirsch can play his father and a bevy of real-life comics and friends can stop by to mingle the two worlds and it all works out marvelously and hilariously.
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Apr 29, 2016
Season 4 Review:
As an artist, Maron appears to relish the idea of breaking his fictional self off from a path paralleling his own. In the two episodes screened for the press, Maron reveals a newfound presence as an actor, deepening the punchlines, which are almost entirely at his expense.
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May 3, 2013
Season 1 Review:
That he is a difficult character is not lost on Maron, or the collective superego that runs his show. Other characters--the supporting performances are shaded and excellent throughout and help take the edges off--find him difficult as well; they stand in for the audience, criticizing him on its behalf.
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May 7, 2015
Season 3 Review:
The sitcom hijinks play as just that, and the bits are obvious and detached from Maron's specifically humbled, nearly redeemed loser persona, as these stories could appear in any comedy about a disgruntled white dude wandering through life sleeping with as many women as possible. Something has curdled a bit here.
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