Miracle Workers Season 4 - Now Daniel Radcliffe and Steve Buscemi Are Making Life in the Post-Apocalypse
Miscellaneous / / July 11, 2023
All the same absurdity, but in new locations.
On July 11, the premiere of the fourth season of the anthology series Miracle Workers took place.
The first season of “Wonderworkers” was released in 2019, the showrunner was Simon Rich, who filmed his own novel about the heavenly office. In the second season, the audience was shown a dirty Middle Ages, after which Rich left the project. His place was taken by Dan Mirk and Robert Padnick, who worked on the series "A Man Seeking a Woman." In the third season, viewers saw an American Wild West.
Despite the change in showrunners, the overall concept remains the same: actors Daniel Radcliffe, Steve Buscemi, Geraldine Viswanathan and Karan Soni play strange characters in strange situations. True, the third season caused concern - it seemed that the authors for the first time did not guess right with the setting. But the new episodes show that it was a one-time blunder.
The fourth season is dedicated to the post-apocalypse. Rogue Sid (Daniel Radcliffe) and crazy Freya (Geraldine Viswanathan) meet during a brawl in the wasteland. They decide to get married, after which they move to the Boomtown settlement, where they try to start a normal life. So, Sid gets a job with a local bump Rubinstein (Steve Buscemi) - a garbage seller. But soon the newlyweds realize that middle-class life is often more difficult and sad than crazy trips through the wastelands.
Brilliant concept
The third season looked pale. Largely because of the concept - less crazy and more predictable than the first two. Now there are no problems with this. post apocalypse, and so brightly built, creates a brilliant atmosphere. It seems that the fourth season has the best first series in the history of the project. The images are both recognizable and fresh at the same time.
Despite the fact that the post-apocalypse reminds of itself in every frame, the writers are constantly directing the story into new paths. Suddenly there is a comedy about life in the suburbs, and a dramedy about sexual relations in marriage, and a drama about middle class. And the talk about multiculturalism at raves is based on the fact that not only people live in the world of the series, but also robots with holograms. It seems that everything looks wild, but such a scatter of themes and stories does not bother, rather it makes you watch "Wonderworkers" more carefully.
The same absurd humor
The Miracle Workers has always had a weird sense of humor, and the fourth season does not invent anything new, again relying on the absurd. Already on the first day of work, Sid discovers a tendency to depression, but an unpleasant mood is smoothed out by the presence of a table and a chair. The garbage king of Boomtown lives in a former McDonalds building (survived - period) and is married to a hologram.
In many ways, the season is reminiscent of Man Seeking Woman because of its not-so-straightforward structure and small, non-plotting stories that are built on nothing but absurdity.
But where the authors give out not the most successful jokes, the actors turn on. Sid, both barbarian and middle-class, is brought to life by Radcliffe. Steve Buscemi is brilliant when he has to play strange, slippery people whose charm borders on a willingness to deceive. The impudent garbage seller is the perfect character for an actor.
Of course, watching "Wonderworkers" in voice acting is pointless, it's like kissing through a condom.
The Miracle Workers is still a funny sitcom that has absolutely no qualms about relying on actors. Now it is obvious that if Radcliffe or Buscemi get tired, then the series will need to be closed.
Giant number of references
The fourth season is much more pop culture-focused than previous seasons. A bunch of references and familiar images slightly destroys the integrity of the story, but this makes it even more absurd - it also suggests analogies with "A man is looking for a woman."
The authors perfectly recreate the wasteland as if from Mad Max to show it in just a couple of scenes. In fact, it is difficult, but everything looks so easy and at ease that it fascinates.
Most of the references are quite easy to read: there are "Dune", and "Terminator", and "The Matrix", and sometimes scenes appear at all, as if they were filmed for "Sex and the City". True, instead of New York here Boomtown is drowning in garbage, which only adds spice.
Despite the fact that "Wonderworkers" sin with a lot of predictable jokes, the series is still a pleasure to watch. The persistence of a brilliant ensemble cast and the willingness of the new showrunners to experiment with crazy settings sets the series apart from other sitcoms. The fourth season is definitely better than the third, and maybe just the best in the entire series.
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