Lev Novak on what makes I Think You Should Leave unique in an era of self-aware comedy.
The late psychiatrist M. Scott Peck suggested that there are two types of psychological profiles in the world: the neurotic and the character disordered. Neurotic people, like myself—and, I’m guessing, you—take excessive responsibility for perceived failures. They feel guilty and obsessive, anxious and spiraling.
People with character disorders, meanwhile, are on the opposite end of that spectrum. They feel total confidence in their drives and blame the world for not adhering to their compass, however warped it may be.
In I Think You Should Leave (ITYSL), Tim Robinson delivers anxious, neurotic comedy nerds a power fantasy that’s right in our Q-Zone: wouldn’t it be great to be demented?
An eclectic sketch show, made up of three seasons comprising six short episodes, I Think You Should Leave casts Tim Robinson and a crew of semi-regular collaborators in situations that are a blend of the familiar and strange. If Curb Your Enthusiasm found the humor in social irritation, I Think You Should Leave has found it in primal confidence, a Nietzschean will to power that presents itself in the stupidest, least justifiable ways and scenarios.
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