Tim Robinson returns with more surreal comedy
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Kevin Estrada/Netflix
I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson (Netflix) has a decent claim to be the first post-postmodern sketch comedy show. And if that sounds pretentious, it’s because it is. It’s almost impossible to write about the genre-warping series without sounding like you’re trying to craft a high-minded PhD about the very nature of comedy.
Suffice to say, Robinson, along with co-creator and co-writer Zach Kanin, knows that the audience understands the language of sketch comedy, its beats and rhythms, its setups and cues - and he seems determined to catch us out. Sketches never go where you think they will. Comic conventions are turned inside out. It’s sketch comedy as improvised jazz. (I’ll get that PhD yet.)