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- SHOWTIME
- Feb 5, 2018
- SHOWTIME
- Feb 5, 2018
Summary The animated comedy about the 45th president and his White House was executive produced by Stephen Colbert, R.J. Fried, and Chris Licht.
Created By: Stephen Colbert, R.J. Fried, Matt Lappin, Chris Licht, Tim Luecke
- SHOWTIME
- Feb 5, 2018
- SHOWTIME
- Feb 5, 2018
Summary The animated comedy about the 45th president and his White House was executive produced by Stephen Colbert, R.J. Fried, and Chris Licht.
Created By: Stephen Colbert, R.J. Fried, Matt Lappin, Chris Licht, Tim Luecke
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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9% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
64% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
27% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
42
9% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
64% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
27% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
The first two episodes hit some comedic sweet spots, both visually and verbally. But if the government again shuts down over DACA, Colbert and his writers will be increasingly hard-pressed to find the funny.
The series, a purported behind-the-scenes look at the Trump administration, has its intermittent funny moments, and the character designs of the people who populate Trump’s cabinet are entertaining. But the story that’s grafted onto the first episode — Trump has to find an anniversary gift for Melania — is sitcom-trite and reminiscent of the old Comedy Central series “That’s My Bush.”
User Score
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 29 User Ratings
3.9
31% Positive
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
14% Mixed
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
55% Negative
16 Ratings
16 Ratings
User Score
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 29 User Ratings
3.9
31% Positive
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
14% Mixed
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
55% Negative
16 Ratings
16 Ratings
The response to this show is frankly baffling to me. It hits it's targets with aplomb and is consistently hilarious, with a remarkable voice cast.
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SEASON 1
The caricatures in the series are great, the voices are pretty good, and the jokes are OK. The only real problem with “Our Cartoon President” is that half the country doesn’t need it and the other half doesn’t want it.
In ordinary times a person could argue that there’s always room for another comedian to skewer our nation’s top windbag, but these are not ordinary times. And this makes Trump character’s joke about people “kinda [wanting] to see what was going to happen” with his presidency seeing that “it’s happening more than you could have ever imagined” simultaneously bland and depressing.
“It’s like everyone is you,” cartoon Melania says. “They’re like, ‘Bigly!’ ‘Tremendous!’” That comment describes precisely what’s wrong with Our Cartoon President, a depiction of what goes on inside the White House that’s exaggerated a tad for laughs, yet still feels remarkably tepid compared to what we’ve already read in Fire and Fury.
More often, Our Cartoon President manages to be mean and toothless at the same time. ... The show is just timely enough to be outdated.
Much like the Cheeto-in-Chief himself, Showtime’s edgeless animated comedy pays lip service to its most troubling issue before dodging the problem in favor of inane gibberish.
The show is well produced. Caricatures, animation and voices are on point. It is quite funny, especially if you know the characters from the news. Nevertheless, it often gets a bit over-the-top, but that seems to be the whole point of the show, it's a ridiculous take on an already ridiculous presidency.
Those who do not like comedy out of there comfort zone, may find it less funny for the fear that it may lessen the seriousness of the reality, or at the least it reminds them of the reality. But if you can get past that, it rewards you with some solid laughs.
The show pokes fun in all direction with some deftness. From Obama's drone strikes, to traditional democrats lack of spine to liberal anchors antics, there is subtle commentary on left as well. Ted Cruz, however, gets the worst of it every episode.
Overall, it is a fun show to watch. It delivers enough comic relief to be worth the time. That said, I do not see this extending to a second season.
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SEASON 1
This is a great show for news junkies, and for those who already know all of the quirks of the characters of Trump's cabinet. I loved it, but I knew that a lot of jokes wouldn't land with a general audience. I was surprised that it seems to have landed with a thud. it could be that the partisans are out in force with their pitchforks. I personally loved it. The writers knew their characters very, very well.
For me, the only major con of the show was the voice of Trump, which is a weak parody, but not the character as written.
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SEASON 1
While some of the jokes and characterizations work, most of it doesn't, especially that of Trump himself, who is depicted as a Cartman/Peter Griffith-esque, goofy, loveable, oaf instead of the malevolent, stupid, a*shole he is in real life.
Speaking of Family Guy and South Park, that what this show needs, to be as sharper, edgier, and riskier like those shows because this show plays too safe and nice when there is so much material to be mined for some hard biting satire.
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SEASON 1
Our Cartoon President suffers from a critical flaw that prevents it from being anything other than a mildly amusing novelty at best: you just cannot effectively parody a President who already IS a living, breathing parody of every negative stereotype of American politicians. All you need to do is read his Twitter or watch one his rambling speeches and that's your parody. There are a few good chuckles in the show here and there, but there's nothing in this show that won't make you laugh as much as simply Googling pictures of this nutcase (seriously, just Google images of "Donald Trump" and try not to laugh at the multiple photographs of his many bizarre and idiotic facial expressions, while wondering why anyone would vote for him).
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SEASON 1
A feeble disappointment. Constant ass-hattery and pratfalls fail to provide any meaningful or substantial humor. I highly recommend just sticking to memes.
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