In Episode 5, “Bar Mitzvah,” Dave can blow off a private gig because he’s famous and well-off enough to forfeit a check for three times his normal rate (all because of a thoughtless beef he started). Episodes 5-8 form a particularly stinging string of stories, that, as The New York Times’ chief television critic James Poniewozik perfectly put it: “actively engage his whiteness as an identity within a system of identities, not just a generic default that all other races are distinguished from.”
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As Season 2 progresses, the focus shifts to GaTa (played by GaTa, a professional hype man who started working with Lil Dicky in 2013), Elz (Travis Bennett), Emma (Christine Ko), Dave’s parents, Don (David Paymer) and Carol (Gina Hecht), as well as Doja Cat, playing a version of herself. It’s bad for Dave, sure, but it’s not always about him.
But “Dave” smoothly pivots its stories to reflect how its lead’s singular focus is an indulgence not everyone can share, a recurring problem for the people around him, and, ultimately, a less rewarding path through life. Stagnancy, creative or otherwise, can be a difficult topic to depict on television. He has zero songs to fill an album with a release date fast approaching. Obsessed with delivering the perfect, chart-topping, critically revered debut album, Dave stops paying attention to his inner voice, his collaborators, and his friends. (Worth noting: During his improvised rap, Dave says, “I know I’m privileged– let’s not even go there.”) When Season 2 begins, he’s trapped between following predetermined paths to fame and the lingering doubt that those routes aren’t his to take. Hurt by his breakup with Ally (Taylor Misiak) and desperate to prove himself as the real deal, Dave nearly let his machismo ruin everything. The end of Season 1 gave a taste of the kind of chaos that could come from Dave’s ego taking control, but he came to his senses instead of dropping a truly ill-advised song on live radio. Season 2 delivers, maintaining an upward trajectory while forcing Dave - and his audience - to wrestle with how his whiteness provides inherent advantages in his chosen line of work. Individual episodes, moments, and choices stood out - from the pilot’s savvy use of music to acknowledging Dave’s rise to fame in a genre built by Black artists - all of which stoked excitement for a more consistent, cohesive, and creative future.
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Early episodes topped expectations, and the FXX series grew stronger throughout Season 1, as great half-hour sitcoms often do. To be fair, once you got past the marketing, the comedy co-created by Burd and Jeff Schaffer (“Curb Your Enthusiasm”) showed signs of promise.
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