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Chelsea (2016)
a good reminder
Chelsea handler is like that annoying drunk chick who hung around your group in high school. She wasn't really friends with anyone in particular, but she always had weed and her parents were always out of town, so you put up with her obnoxious behaviour. Unfortunately, high school ended and the rest of us grew up. Somehow, Chelsea managed to retain that irritating inflection in her voice coupled with the lispy slur of of a Santa Barbara realtor at happy hour. Her apparent struggle with the English language destroys any potential the writers gave her. She stumbles through lines with the comedic timing of a 2nd grader reading Catcher in the Rye to the class. Ironically, she brags about her lack of education as her writers have her insulting "stupid people". Without all the help shes getting, her show would be nothing more than herself and Courtney love slumped in a chair snorting crushed up Fentanyl and drinking pink wine from a sippy cup. On the upside, Netflix has clearly given her their blessing and pressured other Netflix actors into appearing as guests. If you're able to stand listening to handler for an entire episode, there's a good chance you'll see 2 or 3 relevant and surprisingly impressive guests. If she was able to shut her annoying mouth for long enough that the guest could speak without interruption, I might even watch another episode (spoiler alert: I tried, and she wasn't). As it is now, she's either too confused or too self-absorbed to carry on a conversation about anything more complicated than her love for women, drugs, and alcohol. As someone who also appreciates those things, you'd think she'd be a hit. She isn't. We get it Chelsea. You're a woman and you're a vile addict. Hilarious. Almost as funny as 60-year old Dice Clay who's been trying to revive that same routine for 30 years. Stop interrupting with unintelligible nonsense and let your guests salvage this disaster of a show. There's so much potential for a show like this. The format, writing, guests, and platform are all spot on. Unfortunately, they chose a toxic host who destroys anything good that might have come from it.