The Glee creators return to high school for a Netflix comedy starring Ben Platt, Gwyneth Paltrow and Jessica Lange. Read ThePolitcian review:
simply doesn't come together as a clean vision. It remains generally watchable throughout thanks to a great cast and fleeting moments of inspiration and it actually teases a promising second season — none of which makes these episodes any less of a wasted opportunity for satire and commentary.focuses on over-calculating high school senior Payton Hobart .
Off to the side, but about to become way more involved than it probably should be, is a subplot involving Zoey Deutch and Jessica Lange in a barely altered variation on the story of Gypsy Rose, Dee Dee Blanchard and the outsize case of Munchausen syndrome by proxy that was handled far more deftly in Hulu's Emmy-nominatedNow before you start in: Ben Platt is 25 and more convincing playing 30 than 18, which can also be said for almost the entire young cast. It's a feature, not a bug.
The season is fixated on the hollow failings of the rich and vapid, right down to a college admissions storyline that would feel ripped from the headlines except that it has absolutely nothing to say about anything other than "Rich people can buy their way into fancy schools.
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