Note: Full spoilers for the episode follow.
Anyone who doesn't believe comedy and tragedy can exist side by side in a series and do so in harmony should watch tonight's episode of iZombie. And yes, there are people who still need to be convinced darkness and lightness can exist in the same show. "Dead Rat, Live Rat, Brown Rat, White Right" brought the most laugh out loud moments of the season -- Ravi's "It's not alive!" killed me -- but also scenes right out of a horror film and one of the heaviest interactions we've seen. The balance this show consistently achieves is impressive.
Much of the humor in the episode came from the personalities Liv took on. Thanks, teenager brains! The cheerleader and stoner versions of Liv worked, but they leaned towards the overdone side. It's tricky. The post brain eating transformations have to be obvious enough for the viewers to pick up on the differences but not so overblown that it relies on gags and stereotypes. Some measure of subtlety is necessary. The portrayal of these brains could have been dialed back and still hit the mark -- especially the stoner.
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Anyone who doesn't believe comedy and tragedy can exist side by side in a series and do so in harmony should watch tonight's episode of iZombie. And yes, there are people who still need to be convinced darkness and lightness can exist in the same show. "Dead Rat, Live Rat, Brown Rat, White Right" brought the most laugh out loud moments of the season -- Ravi's "It's not alive!" killed me -- but also scenes right out of a horror film and one of the heaviest interactions we've seen. The balance this show consistently achieves is impressive.
Much of the humor in the episode came from the personalities Liv took on. Thanks, teenager brains! The cheerleader and stoner versions of Liv worked, but they leaned towards the overdone side. It's tricky. The post brain eating transformations have to be obvious enough for the viewers to pick up on the differences but not so overblown that it relies on gags and stereotypes. Some measure of subtlety is necessary. The portrayal of these brains could have been dialed back and still hit the mark -- especially the stoner.
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