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The Ninth Layer posted:I've been viewing Barry as a Dexter-style sociopath, it's not that he's naive or inexperienced about relationships (although that's probably the case too), rather he just doesn't understand them at all and is just trying to imitate (or act!!) what he thinks is normal behavior. Also every time I see Barry get surprised I can't help but picture a wacky misunderstanding about to go down...nope, Barry is a loving murder machine. 
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Open Source Idiom posted:I don't get you. Barry's thespian desires are a fundamental part of the show's premise. It's not a show about a killer guy who also acts, it's a show about a killer guy who wants to act but is loving terrible at it. If you downplay the acting classes then you're making a completely different show. My issue with it is that the acting class stuff is just not quite as interesting and funny as the Chechen mob stuff. It's just fundamentally interesting to see Barry's involvement with lurid organized crime stuff and see his skill sets put into action. It's very compelling to watch him competently plan out a raid on a drug warehouse. Don't get me wrong, I don't entirely dislike the acting class stuff. I really like when you see Barry actually use his innate acting skills in his criminal life like when he's lying to the cops in his interrogation scenes. I just hope that they start making more connections to that side of Barry, and the stone-cold killer side of him. Also it sounds like I'm criticizing the show more than I actually am, I really do like 'Barry'. Tumble fucked around with this message at 22:31 on Apr 24, 2018 |
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Apr 24, 2018 22:29
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His take on the Glengarry monologue was the funniest thing in the show so far.
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Apr 24, 2018 22:39
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Apr 30, 2018 04:48
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this shits hit a HR every episode except that 1. Hey Barry its Fuchs, did you kill Taylor yet? Hey its Taylor, did you ace Fuchs yet? My heart dropped at the end when Barry's relatively readjusted ex squadmate was in the car with the 2 whackadoos in civies instead of tac gear.
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Apr 30, 2018 07:26
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This was a great episode. I like how quickly Taylor wore out his usefulness in these last 2 episodes. He went from being a competent shooter and saving Barry's rear end, to outing himself as an impulsive idiot and getting himself and probably a couple other people killed. I kind of thought he was going to be a bit of an idiot savant, especially when he was telling Barry to kill Fuch's. "Taylor... kill Fuchs? ... I can do that?" But no, Taylor is actually as dumb as he seems lol Also the Chechen guys in their new warehouse was hilarious. "Goran this is great physical comedy of you!".
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I really like that Barry's fantasies do change with his life but also keeps escalating in being ridiculous. Oh, Sally doesn't want to be with me? That's fine, I'll still have multiple kids with teleportation and a big wall of Oscars and Emmy's....then he snaps to reality and you can just see him realizing that this isn't really feasible while he's in a lovely apartment with a delusion ex-Marine watching what I assume to be pegging porn. Also I'm worried that they're going to try to make Winkler's character out to be a huge rear end in a top hat or something; I'd rather he just stay as this out of touch, older actor who wants to help people and get laid sometimes, but they seem to be making out all the actors in the class as shallow and selfish.
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May 1, 2018 01:13
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gently caress this show is good and holy poo poo that ending was 
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May 1, 2018 06:36
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I just started watching this and I am getting a lot of "The Patriot" vibes from it except the lead there was actually good at singing folk songs in between killing people and being depressed.
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Would an acting teacher pair someone who has clearly never acted before with someone who has been there for 5~10 years??? Why would they even be in the same class together? That would probably be frustrating as hell for everyone involved...
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I think you are wildly overestimating the degree to which Gene is a real teacher.
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Keyser_Soze posted:I just started watching this and I am getting a lot of "The Patriot" vibes from it except the lead there was actually good at singing folk songs in between killing people and being depressed. To be honest that comparison makes me like Barry less because Patriot has a very strong game in fleshing out its whole flawed cast for comedic and dramatic effect, whereas Barry feels like a fundamentally misanthropic caricature comedy that's accidentally been performed and occasionally written like it's affectionate / sympathetic in a way that doesn't really hold together. Like when I mean misanthropic I mean the show is littered with stuff I'd think would belong more in a Todd Solondz or Burn After Reading-style amoral screwball comedy; it feels like Barry could be channeling his inner tensions into his acting but he's relentlessly terrible and his half-involvement has only endangered more people, Sally's struggles as an actor are notionally sad but she's hellbent on lashing out at anyone she can't eclipse, their potential romance could be redemptive but he's a Nice Guy projecting a banal domestic fantasy and she's not actually interested enough in other people to spot that he's a hugely damaged serial killer. The show has had enough fun with its side characters that I've held on this long, but none of the core stuff lands and I can't even tell how deliberate it is.
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sticksy posted:gently caress this show is good and holy poo poo that ending was Between this episode and most of Atlanta, I'm starting to think that Hiro Murai is one of the best directors working in television right now. That final shot was legit fantastic.
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Just binged the first 6 episodes in the past few days. I've never been a big Bill Hader fan but I'm really enjoying this show. That last scene. Also, Henry Winkler is killing it.
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Numberwang posted:Would an acting teacher pair someone who has clearly never acted before with someone who has been there for 5~10 years??? He's a hack trying to take advantage of the myriad of aspiring/struggling actors in LA, he'll take on/teach anyone that's willing to give him money. Hence the scene where he himself tries to audition for a bit role in a commercial and gets nowhere.
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bbf2 posted:He's a hack trying to take advantage of the myriad of aspiring/struggling actors in LA, he'll take on/teach anyone that's willing to give him money. While I agree that he's a hack teacher, I read that audition differently. I get the sense that Gene's a character actor, if probably only a B- or C-grade one. (Think a Carlos Jacott type.) He went through a period when he was being regularly cast in things (look at the posters all over the acting studio) but he never had a breakout role and eventually stopped being cast in anything. So now he exploits his meagre experience and what little value his name has as a teacher.
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May 4, 2018 06:33
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bbf2 posted:He's a hack trying to take advantage of the myriad of aspiring/struggling actors in LA, he'll take on/teach anyone that's willing to give him money. I get that. The thing that's bothering me is it's completely obvious that Barry has never acted a day in his life, but it's like everyone is being forced to pretend he's just sort of bad, instead of literally The Worst Actor In The World. I like this show but the writing feels very sloppy at times. Especially with Barry. Sometimes he's cool, calm and collected, then next episode he's some brain dead moron that's never talked to a girl before.
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May 4, 2018 06:47
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Hardly any of them are good actors, but they all paid to be there. So they have to pretend they are good to not upset anyone.
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May 4, 2018 21:28
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Numberwang posted:I like this show but the writing feels very sloppy at times. Especially with Barry. Sometimes he's cool, calm and collected, then next episode he's some brain dead moron that's never talked to a girl before. I don't really get this complaint. Are you exactly the same every day no matter who you're talking to?
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May 4, 2018 21:38
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Unmature posted:I don't really get this complaint. Are you exactly the same every day no matter who you're talking to? I'm enjoying the show for the most part, I just think it has a lot of room for improvement. Which is probably why I'm nitpicking and over analyzing dumb things I wouldn't otherwise notice.
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Numberwang posted:I'm enjoying the show for the most part, I just think it has a lot of room for improvement. Which is probably why I'm nitpicking and over analyzing dumb things I wouldn't otherwise notice. Eh I wouldn't call that a nitpick, it's just a thing you noticed. I feel like I get that way too easily with a new show too. Like my brain is looking for excuses not to add it to the pile.
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Numberwang posted:Would an acting teacher pair someone who has clearly never acted before with someone who has been there for 5~10 years??? I did debate and forensics in college and to improve my interp skills I took an Elements of Acting class, I think it was level 200. Odd number of people and me being the the newest person and the least "actor" in the class the teacher grab a TA and paired him with me. Happens the TA was a dude I knew from playing Magic: the Gathering so I was more at ease with him than some random and it worked out fine. I went from getting 5's and 6's on my Prose piece to getting a 3's (which is better) at state and regionals
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Wow. From the end of the last episode to the end of this one was top notch. Silicon Valley has always been the highlight of my sunday.....but right now......I'm much more interested in seeing what happens in the season finale of Barry. That was just an incredible episode all around.
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May 7, 2018 04:42
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This show is too good and this has been the best episode so far.
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Best episode of the season, and that whole car scene is one of my favorite scenes of the year in TV
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Everything from the car scene through to the aftermath of the performance was really dark, so Sally telling Barry "All you have to do is do that every time!" was a huge cathartic laugh moment
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May 7, 2018 06:13
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 You're a real actor now, Barry. Just whatever you did tonight, keep doing it and you're set.... 
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I wonder if it's a coincidence that Barry wears the same type of shirt as Dexter. I'm hoping I didn't jinx the show.
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Where do you go with the character from here on out? Being the bad guy, can we root for this guy to be happy or just hope that he get's punished later? Watched all the eps of this season yday and I'm already having these thoughts, this is a good show.
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Chris James 2 posted:Best episode of the season, and that whole car scene is one of my favorite scenes of the year in TV Great scene, tense as hell, love how the whole thing turned as soon as Barry yelled "I TOLD YOU TO GET OUT OF THE CAR MAN" and the dude suddenly realizes what's actually about to happen. Anyone know if season 2 is also going to be only 8 episodes?
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zoux posted:Anyone know if season 2 is also going to be only 8 episodes? Veep and Silicon Valley both had eight episodes in their first seasons and then expanded to ten episodes for each subsequent season. e: Apparently Silicon Valley is only eight episodes this season.
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May 7, 2018 19:19
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poo poo, next week is the finale?
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May 7, 2018 19:22
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Shageletic posted:Where do you go with the character from here on out? Being the bad guy, can we root for this guy to be happy or just hope that he get's punished later? I root for Barry. He's a compelling dude. He's a ruthless motherfucker but I like him. The tougher question is are you supposed to really like the Chechen mob guys? Because they seem like much more understanding and forgiving people than we've seen Barry be so far.
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I love this show. The only thing I hate is the season is almost over. Just excellent. Also my wife was a theater actress for most her professional career so there's tons of theater stuff that she gets on another level.
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Man, that car scene was tense.
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