(Written by Lindsay Golder, directed by LP)
No show in 2021 did cringe comedy better than Chad, the coming of age sitcom from Nasim Pedrad that stars the 40-year-old actress as an awkward 14-year-old boy who wants nothing more than to fit in. And he thinks he's finally done it when his friend crush Reid (Thomas Barbusca) invites him to "Camp Swag at Jizzwater Lake" for a boys weekend.
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Written by: Chelsea Devantez and Berkley Johnson
Directed by: LP
Network: Peacock
In many ways Girs5Eva is an outrageous farce. The comedy follows four now-middle-aged women trying to rekindle the fame they had in the ‘90s when they were going to be famous “5eva.” The show is hilarious and the jokes come so fast you might miss a few gems if you aren’t paying close attention. (It took me watching the episode for the second time to realize Girls5Eva was promoting “Perdue Zero,” the first chicken without bones or calories!) But what makes the show truly special is that underneath the hilarity, the mocking of the TRL/MTV era, and the ode to the questionable ‘90s fashion choices lies real emotions and real characters. In “Catskills,” the ladies take a trip to a remote cabin in the hopes of writing their next hit song. Gloria (Paula Pell) “accidentally” runs into her ex-wife Caroline (played by Pell’s real-life wife Janine Brito), and thinks they can rekindle their romance. But Gloria soon learns all the problems of their relationship are still there; she is a relentlessly hard worker because during the height of the group’s popularity she had to conceal the fact that she was gay, and hid her true self behind her work ethic. Wickie (Renee Elise Goldsberry), Summer (Busy Philipps), and Dawn (Sara Bareilles) have similar epiphanies. They are all more than the one-note description Girls5Eva gave them. Not many shows can be this concurrently funny and profound. Come for the jokes (“Assembly requires four men, or nine daughters”), stay for the deep dive into living in your truth. —Amy Amatangelo
Netflix’s The Old Guard has been the big ticket movie item this month thanks to strong reviews and the leading presence of one Charlize Theron. However, there’s another film that has quietly been popular on the subscription streaming service during the month of July and that’s none other than Nasim Pedrad’s Desperados.
DESPERADOS starring Nasim Pedrad, Anna Camp, Sarah Burns, Lamorne Morris, Robbie Amell and Heather Graham is available to stream on Netflix!
Vudu, Walmart’s video-streaming unit, is promising parents new tools to evaluate and control what their kids watch — including a way to skip scenes with sex, nudity or violence.
The family-viewing features are launching alongside Vudu’s first original series, also aimed at family audiences: “Mr. Mom,” a reboot of the 1980s John Hughes comedy, produced by MGM, with the first two episodes available Sept. 12.
Pitch Perfect’s Anna Camp and former The Flash actor Robbie Amell have joined former Saturday Night Live star Nasim Pedrad and The Chi’s Jason Mitchell for Desperados, a feature comedy for Netflix.
Director LP, the work name of Lauren Palmigiano (Funny of Die), is sitting behind the camera with MXN Entertainment’s Mason Novick, Lost City’s John Finemore and Good Universe producing.
When looking for the perfect comedy director to shoot TV's comedy auteurs, The New Yorker used Free The Bid's filtered database of women directors and discovered the work of LP. Free The Bid went on set and chatted with LP about her style of comedy, funny women, and being found through the Free The Bid database.
