![]() The humor in the show largely comes from the ridiculous lengths and expense the show goes to in order to create elaborate simulations for people who may not deserve all the fuss. ![]() Judging from the first two episodes, both things happen at the same time. Are we watching a comedy in which the inscrutable Fielder has set up ridiculous obstacles and logistical nightmares for himself to draw comedic juice? Or is there something deeper going on, a brutal self-examination of Fielder’s own work and its effect on those around him, something like the finale of Nathan For You, the sad and epic Finding Frances? More than comedyĪnd that’s where The Rehearsal gets very difficult to figure out. Like the overly determined and fictional life-experience reviewer played by Andy Daly in Comedy Central’s Review, Fielder unhealthily commits to the show he refers to as a “Groundbreaking project,” or at least he does a great job portraying himself as overly committed. That those challenges might range from the challenge of revealing a lie to a friend in the pilot episode, to helping a woman experience 18 years of parenthood in a couple of months doesn’t deter Fielder. The Rehearsal, by contrast, forges new territory: Fielder helps real people stage elaborate simulations of things they are afraid to deal with until they feel prepared to tackle the challenge. Nathan Fielder’s deadpan devotion is at the center of HBO Max’s ‘The Rehearsal.’ On Nathan for You, Fielder’s neediness contrasted comedically with the point of the show: to help small-business owners find success with unorthodox ideas, such as convincing a coffee shop to change its name to Dumb Starbucks to skirt getting sued by operating as a parody act. Along the way, he is unsuccessful (onscreen, at least) at developing meaningful friendships or romances. Fielder’s on-screen persona is a try-hard sad sack, an earnest and lonely person who goes to extremes to develop complex solutions for simple human problems. At the very beginning of his new HBO Max six-episode series The Rehearsal, creator Nathan Fielder says in monotone voiceover: “I have been told that my personality can make people uncomfortable, so I have to work to offset that.”Īnyone familiar with his last show, the four-season run of Nathan For You on Comedy Central, knows that’s only part of the story.
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