Reviews & Ratings for
Comicstaan (2018)

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Fails at trying to have-it-all.
It’s ironical for a show named 'Comicstaan' to evoke feelings of exasperation and bitterness. To realize the potential of the show and the greatness it could have achieved, its heartbreaking that the show eventually crumbles down to an unwarranted heap of chaos.

Season 1 started strong and even attempted to cast a few promising comics. Contestants based their acts on themes that the mentors (Judges) picked out and teach. While the acts were not all applause worthy, the show still found ways to make amateur comedians entertaining with interesting weeks like improv, sketch, observational, anecdotal, etc.

Season 2, however, is abominable. There seems to be an attempt at targeting a wider base of audience and the explicit content in the jokes have been dialed down quite a few notches. The performances feel artificial, almost as if performers robbed of their artistic liberty so as to confine to a preset standard. What's worse is that a few "contestants" are actually professional stand up comics with an already existent online fan base.Hastened production of the show just to get the content out becomes apparent after a few episodes.

Bottom line: The show must be put at the very end of anyone's list titled 'Shows to steer clear unless short of alternatives''.

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