Creamerie

Loved it! Wish I could live in this reality! Felt fresh and funny. Reminds me of a more sinister version of the Woman World comics by Aminder Dhaliwal.

Interesting concept made better by good characters and writing.

Dark,cynical but also heartwarming.

Like a funny Black mirror episode.

I started off on board, ready to see what interesting ways the series would go about subverting the whole "virus kills off people with certain chromosomes" trope and how that impacts society, but unfortunately I felt like the show fumbles with executing what could have been an interesting new take. Between the wild tonal shifts between the first half of the series and the last and the almost slap stick way the series chooses to deal with sexual coercion and assault, I lost the thread with this one. There are a smattering of compelling choices, but taken all together, this show was a bit of a mess for me.

With a world population of about 8 billion that's about 4 billion males, With 99% dead, that leaves about 40 million alive. The current population of New Zealand is 5.1-5.2 million people. Imagine trying to ship 40 million additional people there and trying to house them, feed them, provide medical care, collect sperm, ship it world wide, etc. I know this is a comedy but there are limits to maintain so there is some kind of concept you can hold on to that is a BIT plausible. The premise could have been served by all men being put in thousands of facilities around the world and the action centered around one place in the world. Call me a nitpicker if you will but there are things that just take you right out of the situation as if in an action movie someone just shouts "bang you're dead" instead of actually holding a gun.

I thought it was edgy with great New Zealand humor. It was hard to watch because the acting was so spot on the material really stood out. It's an uncomfortable subject matter.

Looking forward to season 2.