Kemping

Sometimes, the urge to escape into nature and go camping feels stronger than ever. So, what do you do when you’re stuck at home with HBO Go? Well, you decide to watch Camping to live vicariously through the screen. At least, that’s what I did. I figured, "If I can’t go camping, let’s watch some people who can." Big mistake. This show is basically a collection of the most insufferable characters behaving like complete idiots. I only finished it because I was genuinely curious to see how much worse it could get. And, believe me, some of the scenes were so absurd, I couldn’t fathom how someone came up with them. But hey, at least I walked away with one valuable lesson: being stuck in lockdown for a month is still better than camping with these people. (05.03.2021)

I can understand that Lena Dunham needed to vent about her personal health problems. And yet I do not understand why she does it in the form of the uptight Kathryn, who from the outset discourages any further engagement. The rest of the group consists of people who are either cranky or downright unbearable. Moreover, it is such a heterogeneous group that I cannot imagine anyone from the audience truly falling in love with them and being able to see them as anything other than a bizarre sociological experiment. The final nail in the coffin of all potential is the decision to cast possibly the most multi-faceted actor in television, David Tennant, in the thankless role of a stunted man with a hat. And even he, no matter how much the script constantly tries to elevate all the male characters to a plane where they admire the most obnoxious character, the cunning and worn-out Jandice, here he seems like the only man you can at least partially identify with. Thank heavens that  Camping only ran for one season. These campers are petty people – and they won't get any better over time. (02.01.2019)