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- 2019
- IFC
- 2019
- IFC
Summary The musical variety sketch comedy show created and written by Diallo Riddle and Bashir Salahuddin is hosted by Sherman McDaniels.
Created By: Diallo Riddle, Bashir Salahuddin
- 2019
- IFC
- 2019
- IFC
Sherman's Showcase
Season 1 Premiere: Jul 31, 2019
76
5.2
Summary The musical variety sketch comedy show created and written by Diallo Riddle and Bashir Salahuddin is hosted by Sherman McDaniels.
Created By: Diallo Riddle, Bashir Salahuddin
Top Cast
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
76
82% Positive
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
18% Mixed
2 Reviews
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
76
82% Positive
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
18% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Season two is a continuation of the team’s well-honed brand of quick-hitting, time-hopping narration, giving a 360-degree view of a beloved musical variety show. ... If something doesn’t work for you there’s surely something else coming right behind. Something else in a steady, heady funk, set entirely to its own beat. Something delicious because you don’t know quite how to process it, and nobody is giving a clue.
It’s 100%, brilliantly executed, hilariously spot-on parody, created by the rising-stars duo Bashir Salahuddin and Diallo Riddle.
A joyful Sunbeam Mixmaster of a sketch show, a Spirograph set spinning through decades of black pop culture, finding faintly psychedelic patterns, in the shared tradition of Sun Ra and K-tel. Its premise is pure meta-absurdism. ... For all the show’s self-awareness, it feels warm, organic, and spontaneous, not cold or contrived.
Sherman's Showcase offers a lot to laugh, and occasionally marvel, at.
There are sharp musical parodies; spot-on period costumes; amusing impressions (Mary J. Blige, Lana Del Rey); and appearances by executive producer John Legend, Tiffany Haddish, Quincy Jones and more. Though Showcase is more allusive and ambitious than South Side, both shows are funny.
While there are recurring characters and some structural throughlines — episodes follow the dancers, guests, controversies, etc. — the show generally jumps around without lingering too long on any given subject. That can make it a little disorienting to follow, but the brisk rhythm also keeps both the IFC and fictional versions of “Sherman’s Showcase” from getting stale too soon.
This Showcase is an uneven but offbeat gem. [22 Jul - 4 Aug 2019, p.7]
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 6 User Ratings
5.2
33% Positive
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
50% Mixed
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3 Ratings
17% Negative
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User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 6 User Ratings
5.2
33% Positive
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
50% Mixed
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
17% Negative
1 Rating
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Production Company:
- RadicalMedia
- Get Lifted Film Company
- Independent Film Channel (IFC)
Initial Release Date: Jul 31, 2019
Number of seasons: 2 Seasons
Awards
Primetime Emmy Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Hollywood Music In Media Awards (HMMA)
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Critics Choice Awards
• 1 Nomination
