Admittedly, I am a little addicted to this edgy comedy. The ensemble cast works like a neat little machine because they're all funny, touching, unbelievably annoying and quirky in their own way. They all get their chance to shine due to the great writing.
Jeff (Joel McHale) serves as the protagonist and 'straight man' of the group. He has a lot on his plate as he tries to work his way through community college because his law degree was not valid. Turns out, Columbia, the country, is not the same as Columbia, the prestigious Ivy League-university. He joins a Spanish study-group as he tries to hit on Britta (Gillian Jacobs), a beautiful but highly judgmental and insecure girl. Aside from being a major buzz-kill, she's been in The Peace Corps and is a vegetarian.
Abed (Danny Pudi), the socially awkward popculture-enthusiast and Troy (Donald Glover), the former high school jock, are sweet and silly as a truly bromantic couple. Their chemistry is so good that one would honestly believe them to be friends in real life. "Troy and Abed in the Morning" should be an actual show, I'd definitely watch it. And then there's Pierce, a gentleman with race-issues, played by the brilliant Chevy Chase. Pierce is a bit older than the rest, and sometimes doesn't really follow the conversation, although he's had a blooming international career in the moist towlette-business.
Annie (Allison Brie) is the youngest of the group. She starts community college after no other university would take her after she had a mental breakdown in high school. She's very ambitious and bossy, but looks up to the other members of the study-group, Jeff in particular. Shirley (Yvette Nicole Brown) is a 40-something divorced Christian housewife with (MINOR SPOILER) three children. She attends Greendale in order to get a degree in business.
Beside this great ensemble cast, the secondary characters are equally fun and lovable. Ken Jeong steals the show as the borderline psychopath Senor Chang, and Jim Rash obviously has the time of his life playing the bi-curiously flamboyant Dean Pelton, who obsessively wants Greendale to be a real university. I can go on and and on...!
This show is brilliant because it addresses a lot of sitcom-staples, and it even uses in-jokes to emphasize its own absurdity. It deals with problems but never gets corny or sappy. And it thankfully doensn't use a laughtrack which, in my opinion, makes it all the better. Eventhough I personally don't think that the pilot is the best episode, I'd recommend everyone to start watching "Community", you'll fall in love with it!
This show is amazing, it has so much humor without even knowing it, it plays on things perfectly and pokes fun at different movies, events etc in a refreshing way!! This show should run forever!! I love each character and its not often where you love the entire main cast!! Everyone should watch this show!! It's hard to find good T.V. these days, this is worth the 20min every night, even though I wish it were longer, but as long as it's on my screen every week am happy!! ^_^
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