That mixed bag is perhaps what makes this the perfectly imperfect Brooks sequel viewers have been waiting for. But the comedy also risks alienating viewers who, say, love the cleverness and cameos in the “Curb Your Judaism” bit, but gag over Johnny Knoxville’s “Jackass” take on Rasputin (in which the self-proclaimed holy man chops off his own genitals while cameras capture all the angles). That kind of range and speed ensures there’s something for everyone. Josh Gad reimagining Shakespeare as an idea-stealing showrunner in a writers’ room? Let’s do this. Jake Johnson as Marco Polo, offering to perform oral sex on himself so Kublai Khan (Ronny Chieng) will spare his life? Why not. Kumail Nanjiani pitching his idea for the “Kama Soup-tra”? Sure. It’s as though every comedian who was ever influenced by Brooks made it a point to stop by and have a laugh at themselves, whether their participation lands with audiences or not.
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Star-spotting also becomes a bit of a game as the series progresses, with guest stars like Jason Alexander, Jay Ellis, Seth Rogen, Zazie Beetz, Taika Waititi, David Duchovny, Danny DeVito and Tyler James Williams appearing in random roles. Add those sketches up and this isn’t a hilarious or groundbreaking show, but there are hidden gems that make it funny enough. If not, the next sketch comes in hot, pulling viewers in a different direction. The crew is clearly playing the odds and throwing everything at the wall, taking on everything from “Real Housewives” to “Fiddler on the Roof.” If one or two gags land in a vignette, odds are audiences will keep watching to see what happens next.
The faster pace is successful during those sketches when a joke lingers a little too long or the punchline falls flat. Grant dips in and out of the Civil War alongside a too-tall Abraham Lincoln (Timothy Simons), and Sykes stars in snippets of the sitcom parody “Shirley!” - a “The Jeffersons”-inspired take on groundbreaking Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm. Meanwhile, Barinholtz’s boozed-up General Ulysses S. Kroll’s Schmuck Mudman character, for example, brings viewers in and out of the Russian Revolution, where an understated Jack Black plays a crooning, bullied Stalin character and Dove Cameron portrays Princess Anastasia as a social influencer. Audiences dive in and out of recurring worlds with a range of standalone bits in-between. Unlike the original, these sketches are snappier and designed for a TikTok-savvy audience (or Galileo’s “TicciTocci” in the world of this show). It then pushes boundaries as far as possible in an array of sketches that range from fart jokes to word play to jabs at pop culture. Brooke Mullins dismisses those thoughts and continues to fight.Like its predecessor, “Part II” is anchored by characters based on historic people and events. Some would say taking on the famously corrupt Mexican justice system is a long shot for the slightly built, 42-year-old single mother of two from Port Hope, Ontario. Despite the emotional and legal challenges, Brooke has fought on fueled by two goals - finding her father’s remains and seeing his killers are brought to justice. She turned it all over to the Mexican police and believed her amateur sleuthing days were done.īut three years and $200,000 later, it’s still not over. She found a grainy “smoking gun” video of her father being drugged, a GPS tracker on her father’s car showed it spent hours in a remote jungle location the night he went missing and several disturbing emails demanding money. It took her only a few days to discover he’d probably been murdered.
With a strong feeling that something was definitely wrong, Brooke went looking for him.
Five days earlier she’d received word that her father, Malcom, was missing. In October 2018, Brooke Mullins packed a light bag and flew to Mexico.
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