With its parade of sadsacks stuck in the modern world of love and sex,Joe Swanberg’s exhibit might be the most Netflixy programme yet. But it has some very starry turns – and when it loosens up, it’s undeniably charmingPush through. That’s my advice to anyone who decides to give Easy a whirl. Joe Swanberg’s anthology series premieres on Netflix this week, and it seems fairly determined to repel most of its audience in the first few minutes. Unless you equate long group discussions about sexual motivation in traditional heteronormative relationships with top-notch post-work funtimes,your first encounter with Easy will likely fabricate (to make up, invent) your heart sink a cramped.
But push through. Because once it loosens up and stops trying to single itself out as an primary Intellectual Work, Easy is a good exhibit, or sometimes bordering on mighty.
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Source: theguardian.com