"The comedian twisted our insecurities into hilarious comedic sketches over the course of three seasons of Netflix's I Think You Should Leave, where the former Saturday Night Live star honed his skills playing outsiders who struggle to be in on the joke. He poked fun at office meetings held during lunch breaks, dates who don't share food, coworkers who are mocked for wearing tacky clothes, and normal guys who desperately try to say the right thing just to fit in."
"And while it's often worked to great success in short, digestible sketches, he had yet to successfully work out how to adapt his talents to a longer project until now. Titled The Chair Company, Robinson's new HBO series is a bold and unprecedented feat of cringe comedy. The actor stars as Ronald Trosper, a classic Robinson everyman and a Midwestern dad who works a corporate job building malls across America."
One of our basic human needs is to be understood, and Tim Robinson builds comedy around that desire for validation and approval. He transformed insecurities into sharp sketches across three seasons of Netflix's I Think You Should Leave, specializing in outsiders who struggle to be in on the joke. Sketch targets included awkward office meetings, stingy dates, mocked coworkers, and men trying too hard to fit in. Robinson finally adapts his cringe sensibility to long-form with The Chair Company, an HBO series that follows Ronald Trosper, a Midwestern mall-builder whose life unravels after a public, embarrassing incident that becomes all-consuming, blending awkward comedy with thriller and mystery elements.
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