Paramount+ series brings back Kelsey Grammer’s Frasier Crane and supplies him with some very cringe jokes
L-R: Kevin Daniels as Tiny, Kelsey Grammer as Frasier Crane, Jimmy Dunn as Moose, and Jack Cutmore-Scott as Freddy Crane in 'Frasier.'Crane, because there are unfortunately a lot of bad ones to choose between. But it typifies the biggest problem the new show has.
This could seem like I’m overly fixating on a couple of gags. Except that those jokes are representative of the way that this newstruggles to deal with the detailed and familiar history of a man who previously appeared in 20 seasons of television. It’s a muddle that doesn’t exist because Grammer and new executive producers Chris Harris and Joe Cristalli have something interesting to say about what Frasier is like in 2023.
That goes for the whole original supporting cast. John Mahoney died in 2018, and Jane Leeves, like Pierce, did not return. Peri Gilpin will guest star as Roz in an episode, but she’s not in any of the five sent to critics.The whole endeavor feels like a very superficial read of what makes the character, and what made the Nineties version of, work. There are a lot of wacky misunderstandings, particularly involving Eve , the woman living with Freddy at the start of the series.
There are occasions that remind you of Grammer’s genius, like a silently pained Frasier struggling to choose between being loyal to Alan or getting admitted to an elite Boston club. There just aren’t enough of them to compensate for everything else, especially when the show takes such a pick-and-choose approach to all the things we know about Frasier.
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