To be honest, I'm not going to blame anyone who saw Dave within 3 minutes of opening dave review. Bird and co-creator Jeff Schaffer (Curb Your Enthusiasm) are attacking someone who happens to be interested. Dave is at the doctor and culminates in a lengthy confession about his Shron story and his tragic origins, declaring "My penis is made of balls." Aside from the promo art featuring birds emerging from boxer briefs, this first scene is almost a confirmation of his lower expectations for the characters and shows.

Also, it's not a typical scene. The loosely semi-autobiographical sitcom welcomes Dave (Bird) to the beginning of his hip-hop career. He has that viral single, but plans his career with the help of his Bar Mitzwar money and his girlfriend Ally (Taylor Mishak), who is too hot for him, a kindergarten teacher who doesn't even go on stage like Lil Dicky, and friends Ells (Travis Bennett), a sound engineer, and Mike (Andrew Santino), a day trader. Included in his circle are GaTa (GaTa), where Dave finds himself piloting and is officially glorified and promoted, and Emma (Christine), an addition to the cast from the second episode with no clear purpose other than the occasional tongue-in-cheek.

An ecstatic and painful sticky comedy that follows Dave's attempt to immerse himself in the real talent of the rap world. In the gag, it's also racial (Dave's forgetfulness to his literal figurative invasion that the scene is great scripted white privilege), class (Black Ells: definitely financially disadvantaged. GaTa: Eltz is also poor because only the parents of his dentist have money.” As soon as I leave the house, pfft!” he says), and manhood. The latter is probably not the most specific, but there is certainly something to be learned from the story of a man who can escape without doing nothing for his girlfriend in bed and exploiting her fears and weaknesses. There's ("It's actually a super-clever comment Hypermasculineity") to profit without anyone actually attacking him or taking away his underlying self-confidence, and he'll tell us how easy what is winning

Still, Dave feels like we're past the pinnacle of baby man comedy, while all of this is still adequate and generally highly entertaining. The foundation of his success is crumbling. Social tolerance is low and awareness is high. More voices are coming. Perhaps some do not have a penis! understand.

However, "Dave" excels in that regard, especially through GaTa, the Stone Sweetie who has become the most fascinating character in the series. In season 1, he battled bipolar disorder. In season 2, he is trying to further his rapping career. He has the skills, but as a black man with no financial safety net, he has less room for error.

In one episode this is being implemented in parallel. Dave gets a big paycheck to play the Bar Mitzwar show, and the kickback car is towed away on a dangerous overnight odyssey around town. In another example, GaTa is cruelly naughty for a pair of TikTok twins. GaTa will post a link to a naughty video for viral promotion. He may be a good sportsman by nature, but he can't help it.

This does not mean that Dave is a villain or an anti-hero in his story. He is a loving friend when he means well and is not engaged in creative self-loathing. Lampooning him would be an easy move for "Dave". Instead, do what the series with the white lead rarely does. He actively engages his targets as identities within the system of identities, as well as the general norms that distinguish all other races.

For a joke-filled show with state-of-the-art autoerotic technology, Dave ponders this. When Dave raps in Charlamagne, he does a good job of convincing the viewer that his mind is in the right place. But it's also good to ask if that's enough.