Familiar flamboyance: Jamie Foxx returns to comedic TV roots with 'Dad Stop Embarrassing Me!'
Jamie Foxx as Brian in “Dad Stop Embarrassing Me!” (Saeed Adyani/Netflix) Going back to the days of “In Living Color,” Jamie Foxx has been a national treasure of an entertainer, so when we heard the Oscar-winning actor was returning to his comedic TV roots with the Netflix sitcom “Dad Stop Embarrassing Me!” how could we not feel a sense of hope? Sometimes hope floats. Sometimes not. In this instance, the foundering begins with the opening scene of the pilot episode, with Foxx’s Brian and his 15-year-old daughter, Sasha (Kyla-Drew), in a therapy session. “I read my notes on you...