Comments on: Review: ‘Life’s Too Short’ Gets Darker, Grows More Incisive As It Heads Toward The Season Finale

By: Christopher Gipson

Christopher Gipson — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:21:38 +0000

I thought Life's Too Short was pretty good. Like I keep telling everyone, the shows usually get better during the second series. This happened with The Office, Extras and I see that happening here.

By: gonad

gonad — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:21:38 +0000

The Office, great. Extras, good. Life's Too Short, bad.

By: Noah R.

Noah R. — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:21:38 +0000

It's The Office and Extras put in a blender. You can see every joke coming from a mile away. It's awful, lazy, unfunny writing. Only the Liam Neeson/Johnny Depp scenes are any good. Ricky Gervais gets worse and more pompous as time goes on.

By: BEF

BEF — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:21:38 +0000

Can I please be hired as a proofreader? I've done it professionally. I don't pose this query as a belittling comment: I love The Playlist. I understand posts are fast — but even the headline, guys — isn't proper. Feel free to contact me, and although I am on the west coast, I wake up very early. 🙂

By: dctraveler

dctraveler — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:21:37 +0000

Agree mightily with this review. "Cheryl" makes me laugh whenever she's on camera. Brody is a funny invention but I think what's missing is why he's such a baffoon.
One thing that repeats well is how Davis accepts and accommodates the parade of nitwits in his life. On Extras, Gervais didn't miss the shortcomings of those around him, but Davis is even more interesting in how he works with oddballs (asking Cheryl her moneymaking ideas, not firing Brody). Like Jack Benny or Seinfield, the more Davis surrounds himself with oddballs, the stronger the comedy becomes; and the more we see Davis not as a dwarf but as a human being, his shortness no great advantage but not the biggest of the problems. It's all the "normal" people who are.

By: Nik Grape

Nik Grape — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:21:37 +0000

I like that they are trying something different here, and not concentrating on the awkwardness and laughs as much but a certain kind of pathos for the character of Wawrick. It was there for Brent and Millman too, but not as much.

Liam Neeson's turn in the first episode still stands as the highlight and is easily the best thing Gervais has done since The Extras.

But the show has enough life in it to make me anticipate the second season. I'd disagree about the accountant and Cheryl. I find Cheryl to be exhaustingly simple minded to the point of complete mimickry and the accountant to be over the top but still pretty funny. His attempt to chat up Cat Dealy was the highlight of that whole episode. So I hope for a little less Cheryl next season, and as long as they keep the accountant on a long enough leash, that's fine.

By: jc

jc — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:21:37 +0000

I found this show to be rather awful compared to the others as well. I wanted it to be good but it just didn't do anything for me. I would much rather watch An Idiot Abroad which didn't even get mentioned in this article than Life's Too Short.