Boomerang

What’s Aged the Worst?

Marcus overlooking Angela, Jacqueline’s forced Knicks fandom, synchronized gym routine, the racist clerk, Tisha Campbell’s thin role, fade-to-black edits, and pervasive harassment

In the discussion (7)
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  • Eddie not realizing Halle Berry was hot for ninety minutes is the first answer. — Bill Simmons
  • Jacqueline’s investment in a random Knicks game is called an artificial way to make her seem like one of the guys. — Bill Simmons
  • Three friends moving together across identical gym machines feels staged and implausible. — Bill Simmons
  • The store clerk’s immediate cash warning is criticized as an abrupt, mechanically inserted racism beat, while another host defends its realism. — Bill Simmons
  • Tisha Campbell’s character is described as one-note and possibly present for one scene too many. — Bill Simmons
  • Repeated fade-to-black transitions expose a patched-together final act. — Bill Simmons
  • The hosts identify pervasive sexual harassment across nearly every relationship as the broadest dated element.