Farzar
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Farzar
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A Lot or a Little?
The parents' guide to what's in this TV show.
What Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that Farzar is an animated sci-fi comedy for adults. The comedy is based mostly in shock value and pushing boundaries, with no redeeming qualities. Episodes feature heavy gore, sexual content, and profanity, including things like full-frontal male nudity, on-screen suicide, and genital mutilation. Lots of genital mutilation.
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What's the Story?
FARZAR is the name of a galaxy far, far away, where czar Renzo (Lance Reddick) rules alongside his "slightly older" wife, the queen. When stepson Fichael comes of age (30), Renzo provides him with a superteam of misfits and sends him off to fight aliens across time and space.
Is It Any Good?
Is it truly possible to shock an audience that knows they're signing up to be shocked? Like many shows and movies before it, Farzar's one cheap trick is to push the boundaries of taste. It's similar to Family Guy but with about 1% of the cleverness (if that's mathematically possible) and none of the absurdism. The problem isn't necessarily that the show is offensive, but that it is incredibly bad at turning shock value into actual comedy. The room full of creators threw whatever they could at the wall to see if anything sticks. The thrown substances only get grosser and grosser, but the laughs never come.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about sci-fi animation. Where does Farzar take place? What are the rules of this universe? How does it make the characters who they are?
What does the sci-fi setting allow the writers to do what wouldn't be possible otherwise? Do the writers live up to the potential of the series?
Where does the humor in Farzar come from? What does it expect the audience to laugh at? Why is it funny?
TV Details
- Premiere date: July 15, 2022
- Cast: Waco O'Guin
- Network: Netflix
- Genre: Comedy
- TV rating: TV-MA
- Last updated: August 3, 2022
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