Murder-mystery ‘The Afterparty’ is one of the funniest shows of the year
Live MintI first encountered Zach Woods nearly a decade ago, on the brilliant comedy Silicon Valley, where, playing a business adviser named Donald—but derisively called “Jared” by everyone around him—he created a mould. In the style of classic movie send-ups Clue and Murder By Death, The Afterparty doesn’t take murder all that seriously, and there’s a truly ridiculous line around every corner. Then there’s the physical comedy, led here by Paul Walter Hauser as Travis, a Reddit conspiracy theorist who impulsively joins unconnected dots while occasionally delivering first-rate slapstick: Getting to his feet after falling off a deckchair, he accidentally tucks his necktie into his hat. Yes, there may well be an upright turntable playing a vinyl of Belle and Sebastian, but there is cleverness beyond quirk, as when Edgar’s sister—played by Anna Konkle channelling her inner Margot Tannenbaum—swaps “yelling” for “intensely whispering” while telling her story.
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