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- Adventure Time fans expecting The Midnight Gospel to be a similar fantasy, retooled for a more adult bent, may be disappointed. But it’s a rewarding series for anyone who can settle into the rambling back-and-forth conversations, and simply enjoy the trippy aesthetic and the disarming emotional punch at the end.
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The Midnight Gospel centers on Clancy, a spacecaster with a malfunctioning multiverse simulator who leaves the comfort of his home to interview beings living in dying worlds. The series is set in a fantastical universe using interview clips from Trussell’s podcast, Duncan Trussell Family Hour.
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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...
Darren Franich. Published on May 6, 2020 09:31PM EDT. It's difficult to explain The Midnight Gospel, an unbelievably great animated series currently streaming on Netflix. The blown mind...
May 6, 2020 · Netflix. At times, it feels like Midnight Gospel is a collective story about the creative team as much as it is Trussell’s real life and a psychedelic-multiverse-spacecast-journey. The final,...
Watch The Midnight Gospel — Season 1 with a subscription on Netflix. The Midnight Gospel 's strange brew won't be for all tastes, but those willing to drink deep will find a wealth of...
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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 20, 2020 · Reviews. The Midnight Gospel is not an adult Adventure Time, except it totally is. Pendleton Ward’s latest show builds podcast transcripts into an introspective narrative. By Petrana...
