The first aspect of the show that got me hooked was the cast. Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Yvette Nicole Brown, Alison Brie, Donald Glover, Danny Pudi, Chevy Chase, Jim Rash and Ken Jeong! Let that sink in. Donald Glover was actually the reason I started watching the show and I’ve always enjoyed Joel McHale on The Soup. Also love Alison Brie, she is beautiful and quite the comedian. I wasn’t originally a Ken Jeong fan but his roll as Chang completely “CHANGed” my opinion on him. He’s perfectly psychotic and hilarious and his physical comedy is genius. My personal favorite characters are Troy and Abed (Glover and Pudi). They have awesome chemistry and great timing with one another.
One of the best qualities of the show is the chemistry between the actors. The viewer can really get the feel that they actually are all good friends. It appears that everyone is having a good time and it transfers to great character acting. Many of the actors are great at improvising and I feel like that’s where the best, and the funniest, material comes from. Not taking anything away from the writers, they are geniuses, and they come up with the most original material that I, personally, have never seen on television. They certainly aren’t afraid to “take it there” and they will do everything they can in an episode, well at least what the network will let them do.
Continuity and attention to detail are noticeably an aspect that the writers and the prop department take to heart. There are very few flaws in the show which makes it especially enjoyable to watch. One particular example is in episode 3 of the second season. Abed (Pudi) is in the background in most of the episode where, at first, a pregnant student explains that he might be the father. Later in the episode he resolves the problem, deals with her current boy friend, and ultimately delivers her child in the back of a car. Mind you this takes place all in the background of an episode. So when it gets to episode 22 where Shirley (Brown) gives birth in their Anthropology class room Abed explains that he already delivered a baby once during the year. I really connected to this show because nobody does that. It makes the viewer appreciate the creative process that goes with creating each episode.
Pushing each episode to be something completely different yet still following the basic premise is not an easy task but they do it beautifully. One of my favorite episode, well it’s actually two, is the season 2 finally; the paintball episodes. It is an outrageous idea. To have a huge paintball war in a community college is not an easy concept to get a viewer to buy but it works! You believe and completely buy into this idea and it makes for a great episode. Another concept that I have to mention is the blanket fort episodes. Again this isn’t an easy idea to sell but yet again it works. I personally love it because I love blanket forts. It took me back to being a kid and made me think why the hell did I stop making them? I can go on and on about which episodes are awesome but the truth is I can’t even pick an episode that I don’t like.
This is the best show on television right now and I hope it continues it’s success. I know that going in to the 4th season they will be without Dan Harmon (creator) which is very upsetting. Having said that, I have complete faith in the producers, writers, and cast that this season will be even better than the previous three. I hope by writing this I convert you readers into fans of Community. This show has inspired me to write and push myself more into my acting career. It would be a dream to be on this show, one that I hope comes true.
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