Review: ‘Based on a True Story’ is a funny, clever sendup of true-crime obsession
LA TimesKaley Cuoco, left, and Chris Messina star in “Based on a True Story” as Ava and Nathan Bartlett, a couple struggling financially until a serial killer comes their way. It’s podcasting or prison for an active serial killer in “Based on a True Story,” Peacock’s brisk, bingeable comedy now available to stream, which is set against America’s obsession with true crime. The eight-episode series was created and written by Craig Rosenberg, one of the masterminds behind Prime Video’s fantastically warped comedy “The Boys,” a series that satirizes the superhero craze. The conflicts and conundrums that all the parties face make for plenty of hilarious and iffy situations, making the series’ subjects and viewers sit in the uncomfortable reality that “today’s great American art form is murder.” Sharp writing and keen comedic timing by the show’s main players make “Based on a True Story” an amusingly disturbing journey into the world of true-crime fandom and the queasy worship around homicidal maniacs like Dennis Rader, better known as “BTK,” and John Wayne Gacy.
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