Adults is FX's latest comedy aimed at the twenty-something demographic, echoing the dynamics of shows like Friends or Girls while targeting TikTok and location-sharing trends. The series, created by Ben Kronengold and Rebecca Shaw and executive produced by Nick Kroll, navigates the chaotic lives of five friends in New York, showcasing their friendship, financial struggles, and absurdities. While it addresses relatable themes of young adulthood, it often walks the line between cringe comedy and discomfort, potentially alienating viewers looking for genuine connection in post-pandemic life.
In barely a minute, the characters gab in the way you'd imagine adult-adults imagine young-adults speak, breezing through exposition, getting high, being broke.
Is this the world you want?! she shouts, to the horror of everyone else on the train.
The television equivalent of the friend champing at the bit for inside jokes. Overcompensating, one could say, to borrow the title of another recent twenty-something comedy.
...the viewing public is starved for a good show about one's miserable and magical twenties in post-pandemic New York.
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