Girls5eva

This show is extremely funny but only to the right audience.

If you liked kimmy Schmidt (or anything by tina fey), this is definetly for you.

If you love love love hamilton, you will love this.

If you liked the Crazy Ex Girlfriend Songs, this is perfect for you.

If you like shows you can watch over and over and still find new hidden jokes, references and callbacks, this is definitely for you.

This show has a high addiction factor. I constantly watch it again and again!

Although i've recommend it a lot, not many would agree with me, but only because it is just for a very niche audience.

So, any negative commenters just don't get the jokes and humor of it all. You have to experience it for yourself!

Clearly this show has the same writer's room as it's got that hyper-rapid insane jokes-per-minute thing that those two shows share and that makes future re-watches rewarding because you're pretty much guaranteed to have missed at least half of them.

Also - the girls are all super talented (especially Dawn), the songs are catchy as hell - there's not much to not like. I can guarantee the bad reviews here are from the folks don't like the fire hose of over-the-top surrealist pop-culture jokes being fired at you.

Renée Elise Goldsberry is doing a perfect "Jenna from 30-rock" impression in a lot of ways. It's sometimes jarring to be looking elsewhere and hear her voice and think "Jenna!" then turn around and see Renee. Maybe it's just me.

Anyway, big thumbs up from me!

Girls5Eva starts with a brilliantly idiotic 90s song in which a one-hit-wonder-to-be sings about their inevitable life long success as nonsensically as possible. The series then jumps to the present, when the 4 still-alive but generally forgotten bandmates get a brief moment of attention and decide to ride it all the way to the top.

This is very much in the Tina Fey comedy vein. One negative review described it as more "30 Rock" "Kimmy Schmidt" humor as though that was a negative. I agree with the comparisons but not with the negativity.

The songs are amazing. Some are pitch perfect take offs of the demeaning drivel middle-aged men write for teen girls, like the wonderfully creepy Dream Girlfriend, and as the band tries new material we get fantastic numbers like "I'm Afraid," which goes from relatable fears to weirdly specific and insane ones.

The cast is terrific and the jokes are insane yet support a story of growth and striving.

Highly recommended.

I had been looking forward to this release, and it did not disappoint. These four women are extremely funny while Goldsberry often steals any scene she is in.

A cluttered, ropey but remarkably likeable slice of nostalgic millennial foolishness from Meredith Scardino - strongly reminiscent of Kimmy Schmidt but lacking its consistency somewhat. It's held together by a strong central cast, some incredibly sharp observations on contemporary (and early 00s) pop culture and a bottomless well of surreal asides and over the top scenarios. Good solid silly fun with some real heart mixed in there too. Thoroughly deserves its deeper continuation on Netflix, although sadly it still seems to have found it's audience really.