The Tribune’s William Lee and Nina Metz have jointly reviewed the first two seasons of “South Side,” an absurdist comedy about working stiffs on Chicago’s South Side. Lee and Metz are back again for the comedy’s third season, premiering Dec. 8.
and Diallo Riddle said they were working on the most Chicago-focused ideas ever for the new season. And in the first four episodes provided to critics, we see glimpses of Central City Auto Pound and Joey’s Red Hots, as well as plenty of cameos, including Chance the Rapper, comedian and actor Adele Givens and Bulls guard Ayo Dosunmu.
So what are my thoughts this time out? Pretty much the same as they were for the first two seasons. At the furniture and appliance rental store Rent T’Own, we’re primarily following knucklehead best buds Simon and Kareme . There are also the bumbling oil-and-vinegar cops: Officers Goodnight and Turner .
I always find myself thinking: I’d rather just stay with one story and see it play out. Usually, it’s whichever one Turner is in. She’s such a funny, nuanced, perfectly human jumble of contradictions — hard but soft, smart but apathetic, vulnerable but— and Russell’s performance deserves all kinds of attention. Her look changes each episode and it’s consistently glorious, and specific, every time. Russell is brilliant and I’d stack her work here against any recent Emmy nominees.
By the way, Kitty also comes up with a limerick about Alderman Gayle and it includes the stanza “And I bet he ends up in jail,” which … I mean, looking at our city council, past and present? Not a long shot!This season did make the auto pound feel heartless; as I write this, scores of Chicago residents awoke to find their vehicles towed thanks to thethat goes into effect every year.
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