Elaine from Seinfeld is the VP of the USA. This show is sort of like that show, without the laugh track. Just a weird sort of awkward, ridiculous situations that seem sort of realistic.
And there's a callback to a famous Seinfeld gag Elaine got in, in season 1.
I'm only in s1. At least 7. It might be done already.
Veep
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2021 1:21 pm
by GORDON
I'm somewhere in seasons 4 or 5, out of 7.
Interesting observations:
- Takes place in fictional universe. No real political people mentioned or featured.
- This show is about politics, but it's all of them snarking through politics.
- These characters are 1% trying to do a good job, and 99% trying to keep their jobs, every episode.
- I don't think they've said the words "republican" or "democrat" a single time.
So, worth watching for something light. I stand by my "seinfeld" style humor, without the laugh track. This chick could almost be "What happened if Elaine Benis became VP."
Veep
Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2021 5:13 pm
by GORDON
Holy shit, they depicted college kids as... needing to be taken out back and shot.
Person goes to a college where they're being protested against, unfairly. Steps out of the car this person gets shouted down by everyone. Person tries to get a word in edgewise... college girl shrieks, "HOW DARE YOU TALK OVER ME! I HAVE A RIGHT TO BE HEARD."
Holy shit.
Veep
Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2021 10:45 am
by GORDON
The show is getting tedious by the last season, you can only see a person get screwed over and over until you get the point. But I'll say this much... I've never seen a show that went full in on making fun of
Season 7 spoiler:
Making fun of abortion with a woman literally still laying in bed bleeding from the crotch.
Veep
Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2021 8:27 pm
by GORDON
Well that didn't go the way I expected.
I expected she'd be the lovable underdog, but by the last couple seasons she was clearly full-on evil.