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Keeping primates in captivity is not an amateur hobby. Unfortunately the people featured in this documentary didn’t get the message. This glimpse into the subculture of private citizens who are determined to have primates as household pets reflects what appear to be some universal characteristics among these folks: they’re convinced that primates want to live as they do - eating junk food, wearing clothes, and seeking attention. They all view anyone who believes animals need to be allowed to be animals - and not their personal toys - is evil. It’s maddening to watch, but a story that needs to be told. Hopefully some laws will be changed to put an end to this subculture’s naive and dangerous behavior.

These stories feel both unfinished and extremely amateurish. Some read like they were thought up while they were being typed out, without a point and without a destination. “The Answer Man” was a notable exception, and had the makings of what could’ve been a good “Twilight Zone” episode during the Rod Serling years. Others (like “Laurie”, and “Red Screen”) were so startlingly incomplete that they read like a student creative writing exercise left in progress. King’s constant overuse of parenthetical thoughts interrupting sentences has been getting out of hand for awhile, but now it’s gotten absurd. I read these stories aloud to someone and the parenthetical interruptions were a chronic annoyance. This will be the last Stephen King book I spend money on, and I have read them all.

Really wanted to like this show, but could only make it thru about 15 minutes before I couldn’t take any more of the very annoying valley girls, “Oh, my, gawd. This old stuff is so gross. How did anyone not just kill themselves in the ‘70s? Eeeeeww! Nasty!” as they assessed the furnishings and appliances in the motel they’d purchased. The property they’re gawking and poo-pooing at clearly outlasted what is bound to be their 15 minutes of fame.

Given the massive talent of Jamie Foxx it’s startling to watch minute after minute of DSEM tick by and not get one single laugh out of it. If this sitcom had come early on in Foxx’s career it easily could’ve ground it to a halt. Watching this show feels like having a strange fever dream about an obscure failed sitcom from thirty years ago. You want wake up and shake off any thoughts of this show, and I’m sure that the actors in this series will quickly be feeling the same way.