Emma Stone, Noah Kahan, Sarah Sherman. One of these things is not like the others. And that explains Sherman’s appeal in a nutshell, as the zany comic takes over this week’s Saturday Night Live promo clip.
11.11.2023 - 16:37 / variety.com
Ethan Shanfeld SPOILER ALERT:This post contains spoilers from the premiere of Showtime’s, “The Curse,” now streaming on Paramount+. In the opening scene of Showtime’s “The Curse,” Asher and Whitney Siegel do a good deed. Well, sort of. The cameras are rolling on the married couple’s new HGTV series, and they’ve offered a down-on-his-luck man a job at a new café.
A producer is stepping in to apply fake tears on his mother, sick with cancer, whose genuine reaction to the news apparently isn’t sufficient for TV. Barrier Coffee, this man’s new employer, is little more than a set piece — a paid sponsor of the series with no long-term business plan. Created by Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie, “The Curse” follows philanthropic house flippers — “flipanthropists,” if you will — who descend into a New Mexico town to do good, or at least their idea of it.
As played by Nathan Fielder and Emma Stone, Asher and Whitney are not your parents’ gentrifiers: they’re new-age liberals who are hyper-aware of how their series might paint them as white saviors. But they also genuinely believe in the power of their mission: to build eco-friendly “invisible” homes and provide opportunity in the Española community. “We’re not HGTV.
We don’t share those values,” Whitney reminds Asher after their producer turns their latest scene into charity porn. But it sounds more like she’s reassuring herself. As Asher and Whitney parade around Española shooting their pilot, they’re careful to frame themselves as the good guys.
Emma Stone, Noah Kahan, Sarah Sherman. One of these things is not like the others. And that explains Sherman’s appeal in a nutshell, as the zany comic takes over this week’s Saturday Night Live promo clip.
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The Curse has been touted as one of the best shows of the year.Created by Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie, the satirical comedy series follows newly married couple Asher (Fielder) and Whitney Siegel (Emma Stone) who believe they have been afflicted by a curse while co-hosting their problematic home improvement show, Flipanthropy, in New Mexico.A synopsis reads: “The Curse centers on Whitney and Asher Siegel, a newlywed couple struggling to bring their vision for eco-conscious housing to the small community of Española, New Mexico. But, their efforts are complicated when an eccentrically flawed reality TV producer, Dougie, sees opportunity in their story.“As the series unfolds, the couple find themselves caught in a mysterious web of ethical and moral grey zones – all while trying to keep their relationship afloat.”The show’s first episode debuted on Showtime in the US and Paramount+ in the UK on November 12.
Paramount+). The story follows Whitney and Asher Siegel (Emma Stone, Fielder), a newlywed couple struggling to bring their vision for eco-friendly housing to the small community of Española, NM.
Showtime’s new limited series “The Curse,” comes from the inspired, perhaps unlikely, trio of actor/producer Emma Stone (“Poor Things”), comedian/filmmaker Nathan Fielder (“The Rehearsal”), and writer/director Benny Safdie—half of the directing duo The Safdie Brothers, known for “Uncut Gems.” But the true shorthand to understanding the hilarious, odd, sometimes downright bizarre series is its overwhelming sense of cringe-worthy discomfort.
Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie‘s “The Curse” is finally here. The bizarre home-flipping comedy series is now available to stream on Paramount+ with Showtime starting today, and will air on Showtime on Nov.