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- 1. Taste of the King Apr 20, 2020
- Clancy lands on a zombie-ravaged earth where the president is a fan of drugs and meditation.
- 2. Officers and Wolves Apr 20, 2020
- Clancy lands on a planet populated by baby clowns; he hears a deer-dog's thoughts about death.
- 3. Des chasseurs déracinés Apr 20, 2020
- Clancy crosses paths with Darryl a student of ceremonial magic and the path to enlightenment.
Dec 30, 2020 Full Review Kambole Campbell Little White Lies For all its bright colours, base vulgarity and hyperactive spectacle, The Midnight Gospel is at once an honest, personal work, with real ...
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- April 20, 2020
The Midnight Gospel is a heartfelt cosmic masterpiece: Review. The creator of Adventure Time returns with a trippy fantasy about life, death, and everything in between.
- These philosophy discussions get very animated.
- Netflix's The Midnight Gospel Photos
- Verdict
By Jesse Schedeen
Updated: Apr 27, 2020 12:00 am
Posted: Apr 20, 2020 5:44 pm
Note: this is a spoiler-free review of The Midnight Gospel Season 1, which is available to stream now on Netflix. Check out our interview with Duncan Trussell and Pendleton Ward for more on the series.
It's surely no coincidence The Midnight Gospel, Netflix's latest genre-defying, adults-only animated series, is debuting on 4/20. The series is a trippy, psychedelic romp through alternate worlds where lowbrow fantasy collides with high-minded discussions about death, meditation, magic, therapy and the ever-elusive specter of personal happiness. The series is nothing if not an interesting fusion of wildly disparate elements. Unfortunately, it's a series that only really lives up to its potential in the final episode.
The Midnight Gospel is a collaboration between Adventure Time creator Pendleton Ward and comedian/podcaster Duncan Trussell. The premise is basically this - main protagonist Clancy (voiced by Trussell) is a pink-skinned slacker living a solitary existence in a realm called The Chromatic Ribbon. In true Adventure Time fashion, Clancy is a mercurial explorer whose only constant companion is his superhuman dog. Clancy passes the time by plugging into his Universe Simulator and traveling to various dying worlds where he interviews residents for his "spacecast."
Even with the animation lending spice to these conversations, the series eventually grows fairly tedious and repetitive. It's only really in the final episode where The Midnight Gospel become more emotionally resonant. Without giving too much away, the subject matter in the finale is more personally meaningful to both Trussell and his character. There's a clearer link between the conversation that unfolds and the imagery onscreen. It finally fleshes out the emotional journey of a character who had previously kept himself at arm's length from his audience, and it all wraps up in an extremely heartfelt way.
Given how little narrative connective tissue there is in Season 1, there's nothing really stopping viewers from skipping straight to the end to get to the good stuff. The series may be best appreciated by watching the first and last episode only - one to get a feel for the premise and tone and the other to see what's possible when this unusual format hits its dramatic sweet spot. Any more than that and The Midnight Gospel may wear out its welcome.
The Midnight Gospel is a series that couldn't exist anywhere else but in the streaming arena. It's 100% aimed at adults rather than the all-ages Adventure Time audience. It pairs a laid-back, talk-heavy approach with lavish, surrealist animation. But much like the podcast episodes it frames itself around, there's not much in the way of an ongoing n...
Apr 21, 2020 · Netflix's Mind-Melting Animated Series 'The Midnight Gospel' Is a Soul-Affirming Success The series, from animator Pendleton Ward and comedian Duncan Trussell, turns all of the metaphysical ...
Apr 14, 2020 · By Eric Kohn. April 14, 2020 3:00 am. "The Midnight Gospel". Courtesy of Netflix. The small miracle of “Adventure Time” in its earliest season came from creator Pendleton Ward’s ability to ...
Apr 20, 2020 · The Midnight Gospel is a wonderfully creative animated podcast which feels all too timely with its insight. Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | May 13, 2020. The topics discussed are wide-ranging ...
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The Midnight Gospel came from Adventure Time's creator, Pendleton Ward; except this show was also co-created by podcaster Duncan Trussell with the intent of giving absurdly over-the-top scenarios irreverent animated life through its deep conversations and deconstructions on philosophy, space and time and how the world's wisdoms bounce off one-another in the grand scheme of our lives.
