Can Mawaan Rizwan Unleash His ‘Bonkers,’ BAFTA-Winning ‘Juice’ on America?
variety.comAlex Ritman In his recent BAFTA TV Awards acceptance speech for best male performance in a comedy, British comic Mawaan Rizwan recalled a conversation with his therapist earlier that week about how he “needed to stop relying on external forms of validation… so, bad timing!” But, just about a month after taking home the award (over the likes of David Tennant) for his BBC sitcom “Juice,” it seems like that validation is here to stay.
Rizwan is currently in New York, where the first episode of the wild, cartoonish series screened to a sold-out — and, by all accounts, hugely enthusiastic — crowd at the Tribeca Film Festival on Sunday.
There’s another sold-out screening on Wednesday, while a third has been hastily arranged for next Sunday to cope with demand.
Created and written by the 31-year-old — who himself admits it’s “bonkers” — “Juice” sees him star as Jamma, a bowl cut-sporting, colorful tracksuit-wearing millennial who encounters chaos as he navigates work life and relationships.
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