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Fairfax: Pilot (2021)
Glorified newspaper cartoon
Fairfax's pilot is very quick to tell what the subject matter is about and who its audience is: a misguided parody of "Millenial" culture, portrayed with "Gen Z" characters, written by a "Gen X/Boomer" staff.
The show manages to capture many elements of modern American accurately, the vapid brandconsumerism, the obsession with social media, individualism and a rejection of tradition, but fails to make any real points on these things.
Instead of using its young cast of characters to portray a hyper-sensitivized, naïve approach to the world, and find nuance and humor in that, the show instead just goes "new is bad" and calls it a day.
The production is competent and the style is alright but it's a shame the writers didn't know what to do with it.