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Showtimes “Kidding” Is A True Interpretation Of The Dark Night Of The Soul

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Showtime’s Kidding is something you wouldn’t expect on a premium cable channel network. The show has a very Netflix feel that breaks the mold from the traditional.

Critics have cited the show as tonally confusing and messy, but I think as an eclectic connoisseur of television programming its a great deep dive into the human condition of how things fall apart when the cosmic hammer of the universe hits one.

Jim Carrey plays the role of Jeff, who is the beloved television icon known as “Mr. Pickles”. He is the beacon of kindness and the light that shines in a world of puppy dog tails and fairies. Everything is well until something happens and the family slowly begins to fall apart on the inside. The audience watches the slow decline of a man who is forced to keep the positive alter-ego while being picked apart on the inside.

Jim Carrey as Jeff Pickles in KIDDING (Season 1, Episode 10, “Some Day”). – Photo: Erica Parise/SHOWTIME – Photo ID: KIDDING_110_838.DNG

One thing I admired about the series is, not only do we see the inner monologue of the main character but also the audience gets an outside view of how the others in his world are reacting to this.  The feeling of watching how fame can destroy a person because of everyone tethered to that idea is heartbreaking and the thought of how to try and regain your original identity is fleeting.

The story is not something bingeable. It’s something that takes time to build, but the human emotions and situations written in this story are very relatable to those who have lived their best lives and then something comes along and alters the reality to something completely foreign.

Season One begins the metamorphosis of Mr. Pickles, back into Jeff and the one question we ask in the end is if he makes the transition successfully or does he lose himself in the process. If there was ever a series to capture the event that people call “The Dark Night Of The Soul”, this is it.

Jim Carrey as Jeff Pickles in KIDDING (Season 1, Episode 10, “Some Day”). – Photo: Erica Parise/SHOWTIME – Photo ID: KIDDING_110_4383.DNG

DVD features

Meet Mr. Pickles – Jim Carrey talks about his role as Mr. Pickles

Meet the Pickles Family A Behind the Scenes look with the cast of Kidding and meet the family.

Shooting Shaina’s Sequence – A behind the scenes look at how the sequence of Shaina’s transformation, after being inspired by watching Mr. Pickles Puppet TIme. Its a side by side comparison with what happened on screen.

How Kidding Came to Be – The origin of the show as illustrated by Michel Gondry

 

 

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Paramount+ Reveals Official Main Title Sequence for the Upcoming Series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES

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During the TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES panel earlier today at San Diego Comic Con, Paramount+ revealed the official main title sequence for the series. The sequence is composed by EMMY® nominee, Matt Mahaffey, known for his work on Sanjay and Craig, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie and much more. 

From the studios of the Mutant Mayhem film, the all-new Paramount+ original series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES explores the adventures of everyone’s favorite pizza-loving heroes as they emerge from the sewers onto the streets of NYC. Leo, Raph, Donnie and Mikey are faced with new threats and team up with old allies to survive both teenage life and villains lurking in the shadows of the Big Apple. The series is produced by Nickelodeon Animation and Point Grey Pictures.

TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES is executive produced by Chris Yost (The Mandalorian, Thor: Ragnarok) and Alan Wan (Blue Eye Samurai, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles [2012 Series]). Production is overseen for Nickelodeon by Claudia Spinelli, Senior Vice President, TV Series Animation, Nickelodeon, and Nikki Price, Director of Development and Executive in Charge of Production.

In addition to the upcoming new series, stream all things Turtles on Paramount+.

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DISNEY+ CASTS DANIEL DIEMER AS FAN-FAVORITE ‘TYSON’IN SEASON TWO OF “PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS”

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 in Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con, Rick Riordan and Disney+ revealed that Daniel Diemer (“Under the Bridge”) will star as fan-favorite cyclops “Tyson” in the epic adventure series “Percy Jackson and the Olympians.” Diemer joins Walker Scobell (Percy Jackson), Leah Sava Jeffries (Annabeth Chase) and Aryan Simhadri (Grover Underwood) as a series regular. The Disney+ Original series from Disney Branded Television and 20th Television will start filming its second season next week in Vancouver.

Season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is based on the second installment of Disney Hyperion’s best-selling book series titled “The Sea of Monsters” by award-winning author Rick Riordan. In the new season, Percy Jackson returns to Camp Half-Blood one year later to find his world turned upside down. His friendship with Annabeth is changing, he learns he has a cyclops for a brother, Grover has gone missing, and camp is under siege from the forces of Kronos. Percy’s journey to set things right will take him off the map and into the deadly Sea of Monsters, where a secret fate awaits the son of Poseidon.

Diemer stars as Tyson – a young Cyclops who grew up all alone on the streets, and finds it difficult to survive in the human world.  Shy and awkward, with a heart almost as big as he is, Tyson soon discovers that Poseidon is his father, which means Percy Jackson is his half-brother… and that Tyson may have finally found a home. 

Diemer recently starred in the Hulu limited series “Under the Bridge” based off the critically acclaimed book of the same name and a tragic true story of a missing teen girl in Vancouver in 1997. He will next star in the indie “Thug” opposite Liam Neeson and Ron Perlman for director Hans Petter Moland. Daniel was recently seen as the lead in the indie “Supercell” opposite Alec Baldwin and Skeet Ulrich and the lead in the film “Little Brother” opposite Phil Ettinger and JK Simmons. Daniel can also be seen in the Netflix series “The Midnight Club” and recently starred as the male lead in the breakout hit Netflix feature “The Half Of It” from producer Anthony Bregman and director Alice Wu. He is a graduate of Victoria Academy of Dramatic Arts in Vancouver.

Created by Rick Riordan and Jonathan E. Steinberg, season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is executive produced by Steinberg and Dan Shotz alongside Rick Riordan, Rebecca Riordan, Craig Silverstein, The Gotham Group’s Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Bert Salke, The Gotham Group’s Jeremy Bell and D.J. Goldberg, James Bobin, Jim Rowe, Albert Kim, Jason Ensler and Sarah Watson.

The first season of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is available on Disney+

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