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Even though this show got very good reviews, it is shown on Comedy Central in America. I'm in my 50's, and let's just say I don't think I'm someone that Comedy Central is targeting to watch their shows. However, from the start of Episode 1, I thought this series was very well-written, and very funny. Most of it is deadpan humor, but I very much enjoyed it. All the actors/actresses are very good, but I'd say my favorite is Lance Reddick who plays the CEO of Hampton Deville. My favorite Episode in Season 1 was the one about Casual Fridays, which is probably the funniest show I've seen on TV since watching the homage to Mrs. Doubtfire episode on "Broad City" in 2016.
I'm not sure how many people are watching this show, as it seems to have zero cultural buzz. But it is well worth watching, and I very much look forward to Season 2!
I'm not sure how many people are watching this show, as it seems to have zero cultural buzz. But it is well worth watching, and I very much look forward to Season 2!
Ok a few episodes were average, but the best ones are so brilliant they make up for the rest. Some of the subject are very dark, like preferring a mass shooting to watching the latest "must see" TV show, or reselling prescription medication. Best episode so far : The Pain Of Being Alive & Society Tomorrow. Its a series worth sticking with
This show knows the secret of nightmare of repetitive life. the ,,we,, we all live in were everybody is everybody and nobody is himself.
the actors were well distributed in their roles, the lines fit nice and the music directs all of this masterful.
this is not aquired taste. its fun. smart fun.
recomand.
Please don't cancel... EVER...
Spot on humor and just keeps getting better!!!
- landonstarks-92867
- Jan 30, 2019
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I haven't been as impressed with the first two episodes of a series since Archer debuted, or maybe Red Oaks. The writing is minimalist in its approach to the unrelenting onslaught of over-the-top mini-scenarios that contribute to the overall story arc. The main characters speak with a glib, soulless detachment, giving the sense that they are only somewhat involved in what is going on around them, without any real emotion when they do decide to take up the cause de jour. This show may not be for everyone, as evidenced by scratchbird's review above. But if you are looking for something that speaks to your own soul-crushing corporate existence, definitely give it a watch.
- sapple-13037
- Jan 22, 2018
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If you've ever worked in any kind of office, Corporate is an insanely accurate satire (I've had at least three supervisors who act like the confrontational and overly peppy John and Kate). This show isn't about good people - its about supervisors who will seemingly make your life harder just because they can and people who are willing to endure anything to maybe one day make a little more money. The plot lines are enjoyably over dramatic and the deadpan banter between the two main characters is absolutely hilarious. The soundtrack is fantastic and the dreary fluorescent lighting really drives every scene home. Also, the CEO character growling out "are you PowerPoint proficient?" had me laughing for like a minute. Lance Reddick does a great job.
- mellbell-56180
- Jan 31, 2018
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I can see how this show wouldn't be everyone's cup of tea, but if you've worked corporate jobs or even most professional jobs with their soulless bureaucracy and boot-licking culture of "face time," this show captures the hollowness of such work with accuracy and very dark humor. It is like a bleak version of the Office, but a lot wittier. Think Joseph Heller's "Catch 22" applied to the white collar world. It picks on all the weird hallmarks of corporate culture, from the corporate retreat, to "casual Friday," to reporting bad behavior to HR. The characters are so perfectly cast, from the corporate tools like John, the evil CEO Christian, the bitter HR director...love this show!
- atalanta26pt2
- Mar 9, 2018
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2 Global MegaCorp Employees at fictional company Hampton DeVille are regularly demeaned and attempt to avoid suited office psychopaths in a typical shark tank Corporate environment. Brilliantly acted, Powerfully scripted and cleverly delivered. Funny Funny Stuff, original and clever.
Definitely recommended.
It's a fine show but overall fell short on the humor. Most of the jokes are not super funny, and the "dark" part of comedy totally lacks subtlety or after-thoughts. I think this is more to do with the writers than actors.
- dothancore
- Jan 5, 2019
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If you work in corporate America, you'll love this show. Of course you also need to appreciate dark humor and enjoy nihilism. I think it's hilarious and recommend it to anyone who'll listen. I just realized the season may be over. I hope they bring it back.
- garretbromley
- Mar 22, 2018
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I found this last night and it looked corny but I ended up watching 2 seasons. Paramount won't let me watch the third I'm guessing because iy's a trial?!> Reminds me a bit of Intelligence ( the British) one and Silicon Valley but it's not as brilliant as those. I love Pattersn Jeseph and thought Reddick was him ( his character is Allan Johnson) straight out of Peep Show. The only person I don't really like is matt character. He was ok at first but by season 2 annoying. I'll finish son but I'm glad I found it.
- Headturner1
- Jan 15, 2022
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I've watched a handful of episodes of this show. Mostly because my TV stays on Comedy Central the majority of the time. This show certainly isn't terrible, and it evoked a few chuckles from me here and there. But in an age where new TV shows are a dime a dozen and there just simply isn't time to keep up with every new comedy show that gets released these days, it's very important for them to really stand out as unique and hilarious. Unfortunately for Corporate, it's just mediocre at best. Unless it somehow manages to become marginally funnier with the next season, I just don't see it making the cut
- cstover-28468
- Feb 10, 2019
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This has got to be one of my all time favourite shows. I would pay for them to make another season if I won the lottery. I mean who doesn't want to see an entire episode dedicated to whether or not you should use exclamation marks in emails.
- ashleydiannemiller
- Nov 6, 2020
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For anyone who considers themselves cynical and has seen terrible corporate greed in real life, you'll not only find the comedy cathartically hilarious but the premise warmly empathetic. If your version of true comedy is a happy ending - first, you're wrong - second, you won't like this - third, there's plenty of crap out there for you to like so just go away.
If you like to question authority an generally think humans should do better, give it a watch.
- mlembright
- Jan 28, 2018
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One of the co-creators, Jake Weisman, once described this show as "it is Fight Club if the guys never started the fight club"
It is both an astute description of the show, and it is also representative of the type of humour of the show. I am a huge fan of the US Office and I would go as far as to say that this is the only and true heir of that show. It is the only modern show that gets the ethos of The Office. In the sense that the Office, through the lens of corporate routine and workday shenanigans put the finger on a deeper spiritual malaise, which we can relate to, and which is typically postmodern. The outside shell is humour, but on the inside, it is all depression and sadness.
Corporate is different in the sense that it adopts mainly more stand-up-ish humour, whereas the Office relied on character humour. Although the characters are fun stereotypes and the performances are terrific, most of the jokes and fun comes from pointing out the million little absurdities of everyday office life. It is more an exposition of the surreal-ness of the inner workings of a global far-reaching corporation. By extension, in the same vein as Fight Club it is a commentary on capitalism. The only difference is that Fight Club promoted revolution and violence, Corporate argues that resistance is futile and that it is not the end of the world to submit to your new corporate overlords.
Corporate is also more thematically varied. It goes though the life of these mid-level executives to focus on different aspects of modern life. Workplace surveillance, popular discourse about TV-shows, the dichotomy on following your dreams vs. Making money. But also, more trivial concerns like being tired at work or how to get out of an endless mandatory meeting, or male make-up. It is precisely that juxtaposition of existential dread and inadequacy with our changing environment with petty concerns like where to get birthday cake; or how what swimsuit to buy, that makes this show fantastic.
Thematically but also tonally it is somewhere between The Office and Fight Club. Yet, there is also an undergoing dystopian commentary on technology and modern society. It has the broad humour and comedic editing of a sitcom, with the nihilism (and muted dark colour palette) of an existential drama. However the social commentary it gives would be closer to something like Black Mirror, but with biting irony instead of the bleak cynicism.
It is funny without necessarily being fun, it is bitingly sardonic against corporations while being a corporate product. It is well filmed, perfectly acted, has a fantastic soundtrack and is just delicious to watch. It is only really a shame there are only three seasons.
Corporate is different in the sense that it adopts mainly more stand-up-ish humour, whereas the Office relied on character humour. Although the characters are fun stereotypes and the performances are terrific, most of the jokes and fun comes from pointing out the million little absurdities of everyday office life. It is more an exposition of the surreal-ness of the inner workings of a global far-reaching corporation. By extension, in the same vein as Fight Club it is a commentary on capitalism. The only difference is that Fight Club promoted revolution and violence, Corporate argues that resistance is futile and that it is not the end of the world to submit to your new corporate overlords.
Corporate is also more thematically varied. It goes though the life of these mid-level executives to focus on different aspects of modern life. Workplace surveillance, popular discourse about TV-shows, the dichotomy on following your dreams vs. Making money. But also, more trivial concerns like being tired at work or how to get out of an endless mandatory meeting, or male make-up. It is precisely that juxtaposition of existential dread and inadequacy with our changing environment with petty concerns like where to get birthday cake; or how what swimsuit to buy, that makes this show fantastic.
Thematically but also tonally it is somewhere between The Office and Fight Club. Yet, there is also an undergoing dystopian commentary on technology and modern society. It has the broad humour and comedic editing of a sitcom, with the nihilism (and muted dark colour palette) of an existential drama. However the social commentary it gives would be closer to something like Black Mirror, but with biting irony instead of the bleak cynicism.
It is funny without necessarily being fun, it is bitingly sardonic against corporations while being a corporate product. It is well filmed, perfectly acted, has a fantastic soundtrack and is just delicious to watch. It is only really a shame there are only three seasons.
- Criticalstaff
- Nov 30, 2021
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I was highly impressed by this show. It is edgy and sums up the tedium of everyday life. It was a great escape. I hope it finds somewhere to go on. You can even have the last episode be segued into it was all a dream and carry on (Who shot Bobby, I'm not that old, 40, but old enough to know the reference) All the good stuff gets canned way too early.
- Lurker246813579
- Sep 3, 2020
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- Palisadepalm
- Nov 16, 2019
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Not bad, basically a live action Dilbert. A little silly, but is a humorous view of office politics and culture.
I LIVE AND BREATH SHOWS LIKE WORKAHOLICS AND THE OFFICE OR ALWAYS SUNNY THOSE 3 are the gold standard and 5 min u can tell this has something special in it.
- mkayseryan
- Sep 9, 2021
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This show is packed by jokes of both obvious and less obvious twists of the cynical work environment of a profitable large corporation resembling Honeywell, called Hampton deVille.
Many american comedy shows are a bit superficial and exaggerated, but this truly is a show written by talented writers. I have only watched two episodes, but it is already an enjoyable comedy.
The show's target audience are white collar university graduates who work in IT / tech companies, for many other viewers the show contains probably a bit too non-mainstream jokes and the show will feel a bit irrelevant and nerdy.
But this show grew on me quickly.
Many american comedy shows are a bit superficial and exaggerated, but this truly is a show written by talented writers. I have only watched two episodes, but it is already an enjoyable comedy.
The show's target audience are white collar university graduates who work in IT / tech companies, for many other viewers the show contains probably a bit too non-mainstream jokes and the show will feel a bit irrelevant and nerdy.
But this show grew on me quickly.
- toreaurstad-57248
- Jan 7, 2022
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Watched the first 4 episodes on demand. It's a smart idea, but it's like someone wrung all the humor out of it, filled it with grey on grey color palettes, made everyone talk monotone, and well, the result will put you to sleep. Skip this and rewatch "Better Off Ted", you'll thank me.
- scratchbird
- Jan 16, 2018
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Very funny I work a corporate job and they really identify and the uniquely absurd behaviors that are common in that environment.
- blonde_jim44
- Feb 4, 2019
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I really like atmosphere and darker tone of this show. I know it's not the best or the funniest comedy ever, but it's incredibly entertaining and I've been enjoying it a lot. I love the cast and characters are hilarious, especially Matt and Jake.
Most comedies on tv are like most other comedies on tv -- the same types of sitcom jokes, sitcom plots, sitcom laugh tracks, etc etc. Corporate goes for something different -- so different it's kind of hard to explain it. It goes places few other comedies would dare, it has characters that few other comedies could feature -- it almost feels like a sketch routine in the form of a 20 minute, continuing show.
What makes it work, even when it doesn't, is that the two leads, lazy, cynical, boorish, are actually, somehow, totally endearing. They say what everyone else is thinking but afraid to say -- they do what everyone else would like to do but afraid to do. Their banter is pitch perfect, their lack of ambition inspiring, their failure to do anything right somehow perfect. All in all, one of the best comedies in recent years. So (of course) it got cancelled.
What makes it work, even when it doesn't, is that the two leads, lazy, cynical, boorish, are actually, somehow, totally endearing. They say what everyone else is thinking but afraid to say -- they do what everyone else would like to do but afraid to do. Their banter is pitch perfect, their lack of ambition inspiring, their failure to do anything right somehow perfect. All in all, one of the best comedies in recent years. So (of course) it got cancelled.