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The Underground

2006 · 1 season

A loud, anything-goes sketch show that throws edgy jokes at the wall fast and never slows down to apologise.

Created by
Damon Wayans
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Aries Spears, Damon Wayans Jr., Mikey Day
Overview
The Underground was a sketch comedy series produced by and starring Damon Wayans. It aired on Showtime. Wayans describes the show as "In Living Color on steroids." In fact the show features raunchy, sexist, and racist behavior, and as Wayans states in his opening monologue, "We decided to test the limits." The description of the show information is "The future of comedy is here in Damon Wayan's hilarious and uninhibited comedy sketch show where no topic or taboo goes unturned." This mistakenly gives his last name as Wayan, rather than Wayans. Some of the notable continuing sketches and characters in the show are: ⁕Protest Stripper

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Created by
Damon Wayans
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Aries Spears, Damon Wayans Jr., Mikey Day
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Tone
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 3 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • race
  • gender
  • sexuality
  • media
  • class
Places
None
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • anthology
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour8
Realism5
Romance2
Tension2
Darkness5
Complexity2
Emotional weight2

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Genres
comedy
Created by
Damon Wayans
Written by
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Starring
Aries Spears, Damon Wayans Jr., Mikey Day, Vincent Oshana, Gabrielle Dennis, Damon Wayans
Length
1 seasons, 10 episodes, 30 min each
Network
Showtime
Languages
English

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