Remember the 80s? Yeah, neither do I
Enter Dazzle Novak, (Rob Lowe) hot shot officer who ends up causing more
crimes instead of solving them. The only person capable of keeping
Dazzle in line is strict as hell chief of police Pizzaz Miller
(Elizabeth Banks). Though, no one can stop the rivalry between Dazzle
and Rad Cunningham (Will Forte). Lastly is Chrysalis Tate (Kate Mara) a
rookie officer who actually gets police work done. Together they make
the Moonbeam City Police.
Moonbeam City is an homage as well as a parody to violent and sex ridden
movies of the 80' s. All this is visible with it's synthesized soundtrack
and neon skinned characters. And while it does get most of it's laughs
from poking fun at that era of movies, it also has its fair share of
visual jokes that provide laughter on their own merit. Surprisingly there was very little raunchy comedy to be
had. Don't get me wrong, it does have its fair share of sex scenes and
innuendos, but they fall right into the elements that belong to a parody.
The laughs of Moonbeam City also live on in the essence of the
characters. Dazzle is parodying the "gritty cop willing to do anything
to solve crime" type. His constant one-liners and nonchalant blunders as
an officer constantly got a chuckle out of me. Pizazz is the serious
boss who would normally scold Dazzle on all his mishaps if this was a
cop movie, but its not. So she'll emphasize the "death stare" and "wind
blown hair" tropes to full effect. Rad is a supposed "rival" to Dazzle,
but he usually goes on his own hilarious antics. Chrysalis is funny in
her own right being she's a rookie and gets more work done than any of
the other characters.
Moonbeam City does what most comedies cannot. For the most part I either
don't laugh at comedies or I force myself to chuckle which only gives
me a sore throat. I either chuckled at Moonbeam City or
gleefully laughed out loud. While this feeling does tend to fall out
near the end of its season, the finale represents that the show can have
action and heart while maintaining its comedic charm and making fun of
itself. The only crime here is cancelling Moonbeam City.
5 comments:
ha ha You probably didn't remember the 80's because you were not even born then.
I had seen the announcement of this show and it looked like it was a show for me. Your review has me completely convinced I should check this soon.
This looks freaking awesome.
@Big D.
I agree wholeheartedly.
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