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Review with Myles Barlow
Season II
Comedian Phil Lloyd
plays the narcissistic yet loveable Myles Barlow in this mock TV series
that reviews many taboo topics of mainstream society such as Racism,
Addiction or 9/11 Jokes. The series also got into some hot water by
mainstream channels when Myles Barlow reviewed a topic on killing Karl
Sandilands, the former Australia Idol judge. The humour in Review is
quite politically incorrect due to its dark themes and of course the
nonchalant behaviour of the realistic Myles Barlow but somehow it comes
together perfect and season 2 is another prime example of this!
With six episodes
featured in this collection Myles Barlow juggles a handful of topics in
each episode with one or two topics taking centre stage, thanks to a
"reader" letter. Episode revolves around Wanderlust and whether the
"grass" is indeed greener on the other side to Addiction as Myles
scrapes the bottom of the barrel, even stealing money from his kids to
fund his cocaine habit. From starting a cult to a "Tree Change" where
Myles ends up being a hermit in the "remote" wilderness, only to
discover that he was only a few kilometres from civilization, seeing the
journey of this reviewer and his seriousness is quite laughable.
Another thing which
makes the series so amusing is the dialogue by Marlow as uses some
amazing words and clichés to tell his exaggerated reviews such as "the
horse that bolted onto the ship of insanity that sailed several months
ahead of its departure time" which mocks the review world perfectly.
It's all Champaign comedy. My favourite episode is watching Myles find
inspiration to become an artist where he discovers a syringe in the
gutter and explains that this item has seen euphoric highs to bitter
misery, it had seen it all. What does Myles do? He decides to collect
used syringes to make lights. It's definitely a WTF moment, especially
when he creates his own drug den to collect used syringes. Brilliant!
Video, Audio &
Special Features
The video quality is
presented in 16:9 widescreen that looks good on a FULL HD TV with no
errors whatsoever. Add in Dolby Digital 2.0 and this is a well produced
series that looks, sounds and more importantly comes together well due
to the strange review topics. A special mention should also go out to
the great "review" music, thanks to composter Matt Blackman that almost
makes it sound like you are watching a real review program. Season 2
also comes with some light special features such as the "Making of
Series Two" featurette, a Christmas Special and the classic Logies
Sketch.
This is easily the best
comedy series on TV and even though it makes a mockery of many taboo's
in society, it's the journey of Myles Barlow and how he reviews them
which sets this series apart from other comedy shows and is definitely
the topic on the cake... Review with Myles Barlow Season II... FOUR
STARS!
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