‘Reboot’ Review: Keegan-Michael Key, Rachel Bloom & An Incredible Comedy Ensemble Can’t Get Past Clichéd Writing
theplaylist.netThere’s something depressing in watching talented comedians struggle to get laughs from weak screenwriting. This repeatedly happens in the first three-to-four episodes of Hulu’s “Reboot,” a show with a great cast and even a clever idea but faulty comic timing and clichéd joke writing.
The show occasionally sparks through the sheer skill level of its cast, and it improves in the back half of the season as they’re likely allowed to have more input than in the shockingly flat setup episodes, but this is still a bizarre misfire, a program that satirizes the TV industry and the egos of the actors who allow it to function in a way that feels scared to take actual risks or develop actual characters.
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