How far into Schitt’s Creek does it gets as good as everyone says it is?
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I think the key is to have started watching it before the hype. :/
I started watching it on Netflix a couple of years ago. I hadn't heard much about it, except maybe here on the forum. Catherine O'Hara was the big draw for me, along with Eugene Levy. O'Hara in
Penelope does some of my favorite comedy work ever and I find her choices fascinating. I had also been watching some Christopher Guest films and liked O'hara and Levy's teamwork. They're like long time dance partners, where they anticipate each other's moves.
I struggled with O'hara's accent for a good 6 episodes. I just couldn't get into it, until I started listening to her closer. She's a walking thesaurus, finding the most oddball words to replace what everyone else on the planet would use. By season 6, I watched with close captioning, just to catch obscure words that I wanted to see what they looked like.
example:
“ How mercurial is life… We all imagine being carried from the ashes by the goddess Artemis and here I get a balatron from Barnum & Bailey.”
And yes, I had to look up balatron.
The humor around Chris Elliot grated on my nerves for the first few episodes too. Aggravation to the 10th power of someone doing the opposite of what you need him to is not my favorite humor. That all calmed down by and by and I wasn't bothered by his character as much.
Overall, I appreciate the lack of "drama" around LGBTQ relationships and I really like the character arcs. The family comes from a very superficial, disconnected beginning and slowly uncovers their humanity. I heard that they did a ton of background story work before ever shooting and it shows. There are some scenes that really pack a punch. The "Life is a Cabaret" episode in season 5 is my favorite. It earned the right to put me into an emotional place. I may have cried a little (or a lot).