Pete Davidson’s new meta comedy series Bupkis on Peacock is a casual charmer; akospeterbencze reviews
, the comedian doubles down on his “fictionalized” life in a meta approach that’s stuffed with Hollywood stars playing either one of his relatives or themselves. And in doing so, we’ll forever owe him for bringing back Joe Pesci to play his foul-mouthed Italian-American grandpa, that’s for sure.‘ plot is loosely defined with vague character arcs that barely classify as a continuous narrative, but are just enough to keep the ball rolling.
From then on, every episode deals with different issues that Davidson is looking to change about himself. He fails more times than not, but the point is that he never stops trying, I guess. The range of topicsfocuses on varies greatly. In Episode 2, we see him in a flashback as a child a week after his firefighter dad died on 9/11 at the towers , grieving at his aunt’s wedding; in Episode 4, he and his entourage go absurdly berserk and pay homage to thefilms .
Interestingly, though, it’s not the protagonist where the series excels the most—it’s the compelling supporting characters. Davidson serves as a sort of human catalyst, bringing the best out of the actors surrounding him. As his grandfather, Joe Pesci revives the type of Italian-American character we know and love him for; at 80, he still has that vibrant and aggressive charisma that electrifies the screen whenever he enters it.
Where the mostly fun ride gets a little bumpy is in the last third of the series. There’s a lack of direction towards the end of the season where Davidson’s character desperately seeks purpose without much success. Not having a real, tangible conflict, the writers heavy-handedly try to blame everything on Pete’s addiction and drug consumption that all of a sudden spirals out of control despite what we’ve seen early on .
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