'Avenue 5' premiere recap: 'The catastrophe of human existence'

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'Avenue 5' premiere recap: 'The catastrophe of human existence'
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When the world of politics is parodying itself better than the most scathing HBO satire, where else to turn but…

, a comedy of errors set in space. And while the political theme of Iannucci’s previous work is nowhere to be found in his new series, the same satirical through-line remains: humans are the world’s — nay, universe’s — most destructive natural disaster.isn’t moving at the speed of light just yet, but the funniest thing about the new series thus far is certainly its concept, which is really just….

Doing the actual work of running a space ship is engineer Billie and her mysterious superior, Joe . And if this Carnival ride through the skies had a cruise director, it would be Matt , though his title is technically “Customer Support.” Those customers, who require quite a bit of support, are thus far namely comprised of busybody Karen and a constantly feuding couple played by Jessica St. Clair and Kyle Bornheimer. An early episode highlight was hearing St.

There is what’s referred to on Billie’s engineering board as a “GRAVITY FLIP” inside the Avenue 5, and the largest yoga class in history goes flying to the opposite side of the ship, as does every person aboard. It is…delightful. Slightly terrifying! But definitely delightful to watch all these rich vacationers in futuristic resort wear being flung around alongside breakfast food, exercise balls, and best/worst of all, acupuncture needles.

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