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Looking for some quality comedy entertainment to check out?
Who better to turn to for under-the-radar comedy recommendations than comedians?
Over the last ten years, Kay Cannon has specialized in mainstream comedy curation.
But Kay Cannon wants you to know thatFleabagis deserving of way more attention.
I instantly thought it was incredible.
I binged the whole first season pretty quickly.
I wanted it to be that good.
Then I would mentionFleabagto other people and nobody was watching it.
It hits everything that I love about comedy in such a great way.
I just didnt feel like people were talking about it enough.
And theyre yelling about how all of their problems are womens fault.
It was all done in this very subtle and humorous way.
You dont laugh as much.
ButFleabags sensibility is the sweet spot.
I just laugh so much.
Theres this scene where her boyfriend says something like, We should surprise each other more!
I laughed so hard at that scene that I rewound it and watched it again.
I think I called my husband down to watch it with me and he was like, What?
I was cackling with laughter.
The acting is just so good and everything feels genuine.
They were sort of still finding the show, really trying to translate its voice and tone.
Then American audiences started to like it: Oh, this is like us!
So when it became its own thing and more Americanized or whatever, it clicked for people here.
I honestly think when it comes down to it, people just dont understand the dialogue.
They just dont get it.
Its just so beautiful.
Its a shame that people arent connecting to [this style of British humor].
It makes me cry every time!
I love that balance, and thats what I want to watch.
Ive been down on a few critics where theyre like, I dont know what Im watching!
They want to put it in a box because maybe the comedy is so broad.
They say I dont know what I want it to be.
But what I put out isexactlywhat I want it to be.
I want you to feel all these feelings in one sitting.
Im a TV whore in that I watch it all and I love it all.
I watch every comedy that I can.
I take a stab at watch every movie I can.
Also, dont quit.
I would especially encourage women to get used to enjoying watching complicated women who are defined as unlikable.
All these years, all these generations of us watching flawed men ingrained in us and we are okay.
We root for them.
We find them charming.
We dont find characters like Fleabag charming.
Its just a great show that is so underrated.
