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But from a pure comedy standpoint, the joke was just basic—and unfunny.
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Esther Zuckerman, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2025
Ahead of the show’s second season, BuzzFeed ran a delicious tell-all in which the first season’s many failures (like inconsistent plotting and unfunny jokes) were explained.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2025
Labored and unfunny, that film, from 2016, sounded like a cinematic death rattle rather than peals of joyous wedding bells.
—Elisabeth Vincentelli, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
Until the plane lands in Uganda, the show is still hilarious, but the sequences in Africa are grimly unfunny, especially as black actors are forced to sell jokes about curing AIDS by sodomizing babies.
—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2025
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Esther Zuckerman, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2025
Ahead of the show’s second season, BuzzFeed ran a delicious tell-all in which the first season’s many failures (like inconsistent plotting and unfunny jokes) were explained.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2025
Labored and unfunny, that film, from 2016, sounded like a cinematic death rattle rather than peals of joyous wedding bells.
—Elisabeth Vincentelli, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
Until the plane lands in Uganda, the show is still hilarious, but the sequences in Africa are grimly unfunny, especially as black actors are forced to sell jokes about curing AIDS by sodomizing babies.
—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2025
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“Unfunny.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unfunny. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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