When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. (Image credit: HBO) Art seems to imitate life with new HBO series The Franchise – the satirical comedy about life on a superhero movie set is getting mixed reviews. “Though The Franchise can be quite cutting, it skews a bit more stereotypically workplace-sitcom than Veep, meaning it sometimes errs on the side of quirky rather than nasty,” echoesThe Wrap. “Franchise also shares with Iannucci’s work a tendency to become exhausting through sheer running-in-circles repetition, something that probably reflects the experience of making a superhero movie almost too accurately.” Meanwhile,Timewrites, “Smartly scripted, amusingly acted, and believably realized, The Franchise is no failure. It’s never less than mildly entertaining – but rarely more, either, " butCollideris much more positive, writing, “Armando Iannucci, Jon Brown, and Sam Mendes have …
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