SPY Is A Near-Perfect Family-Friendly Delight!
Comedy can be a tough sell. Humor isn't always universal - what one person finds funny, another finds quirky, while a third may find it bordering on offensive - but family comedies generally embrace the broader, farcical situations and characters in order to stay in comfortable waters. However, I've found that most family comedies tend to be so watered down in political correctness that they lose all `sense of purpose' in favor of producing quick and convenient laughs. To my surprise, that's not the case with SPY: SERIES 2, the award-winning sitcom from the other side of the pond (meaning Britain, folks). Created and written by Simeon Goulden, SPY effectively straddled the line between farce and comedy in such a way that its characters continuously took on a life all of their own.
(NOTE: The following review will contain minor spoilers necessary solely for the discussion of plot and characters. If you're the kind of reader who prefers a review entirely spoiler-free,...
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