chris ullman

I actually hated this series. Imagine, I go to a comedy club, pay the cover for me and my date, buy drinks, and anticipate a line up of comics that will make us laugh? But, instead we find a quarrel breaking out onstage. If the writers for "Hacks" wanted to be consistent to Deborah Vance's character she would have bought off the club manager off-stage. Why? Because she understands the people in the audience, that she's been entertaining for 30+ years, are there for a good time, not some social justice woke sermon that Paul W. Downs, Lucia Aniello, et al think we need to hear. She is faithful to them as a pro that wouldn't drag her audience through the last scene in "Hacks." The black gay assistant to Deborah understands the biz side of show biz and confronts the ever complaining, wining, super annoying but well played Ava about her idea that Deborah needs to be woke. Only in the minds of writers that see us all as victims and survivors of our past (instead of beneficiaries) does this kind of idea make sense: to club an audience over the head in our struggle for the truth. if you want a good series please see the smartly written, great characterizations, well acted, and intriguing plot of "Mare of Easttown."