Review of Shrinking

Shrinking (2023– )
3/10
A good show ruined by bad language
21 November 2024
Here's my basic problem with some shows NOT on basic cable. While I personally do not have a problem per se with swearing and crude content, that should not comprise eighty percent of a show. It seems that everyone on this show has to drop f-bombs at every opportunity, and every opportunity between every two opportunities. A note to the writers - just because you are allowed to swear and include crude content, doesn't mean that you are required to. A recent episode in season two obsessed on the term "corn holing". This was totally unnecessary and totally unfunny. And it was totally unnecessary to mention it more than a dozen times. When I make soup I like to add a little salt. By a little I mean a few pinches. If I made the soup eighty percent salt it would be inedible. The same applies to salty language. It is not a substitute for good writing and completely overshadows what could be interesting and amusing stories.

Ricky Gervaise included bad language and coarse content in his remarkable series, After Life, but he did it in such a way that it did not overpower what was a touching and interesting exploration of one man's grief after losing the love of his life.
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