A new crop of absurd comedies turn their nose up at the fantasy of upward mobility.
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Craig Robinsons bank security guard inKilling Itis a man of belief.
This is everything that Ive ever believed in, he pleads.
hey, reward my faith.
Of course, sitcoms that center characters living in financially precarious situations arent new.
These shows have largely been rooted in the home and revolve around the stresses within white nuclear families.
This crop goes further in reflecting an anti-capitalist spirit.
(Whose plantation would you work for if slavery got popping again?
Trust me, that job does not give a fuck about you, one of the former colleagues says.
His teachings arent a revelation theyre an absurd reminder that the characters inBust Downare economically stuck.
When you was a little homie, did you always dream of harassing Black people for their appliances?
Reservation DogsandKilling Itunfold outside the workplace, aiming more broadly at the limitations of their communities.
The constant disappointment isKilling Its point.
In an unequal world, the resurgence of the working-class sitcom may be the only good inflation weve got.
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