Pete Davidson gets real—mostly—on his new Peacock show, to surprisingly moving, self-effacing effect. colemanjspilde has our full review of 'Bupkis' for beastobsessed:
will come out swinging, with storylines plucked directly from Davidson’s own experiences that hit like a bat to the face. It’s disarming; who would’ve expected to shed tears over Pete Davidson’s Peacock comedy series? But the unpredictable nature ofis actually what keeps the show engaging. The second episode may leave you in tatters, while another may threaten to put you off completely. It’s that gamble of which one you might get, when you hit play, that keeps up’ appeal.
While the tonal inconsistency will surely prove grating to some, Falco and Pesci ensure that this dissonance never hinders the show entirely. Falco is purely delightful here, bringing the necessary energy of a born-and-bred New York matriarch to the show. At one moment, she’s hilariously overzealous, pushing Pete to find a surrogate and have kids at his mere mention of wanting to be a dad.
Pesci, however, is Falco’s perfect opposite. Pete’s grandfather—or Poppy, as they so lovingly call him—is abrasive and foul-mouthed, the type of crotchety Staten Island resident that will happily light up a cigarette inside a diner without a second thought. Every time Pesci’s got the great talent of making every stray “fuck” that flies out of his mouth sound completely unscripted.
Davidson plays himself with just the right amount of honesty, tackling his own real-life troubles with aplomb. Whenstudies the idea of fame—and particularly what it’s like to be saddled with the knowledge that the whole world has seen you fuck up—it’s at both its funniest and most effective. Even if the amount of truth between the lines of the scripts actually proves to be microscopic, the show lends some necessary grace to Davidson’s image.
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