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Oh Jerome, No

2019 · 1 season

A cringe-comic study of a painfully earnest man whose awkward overcorrections make you wince and ache for him at once.

Created by
Alex Karpovsky, Teddy Blanks
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Mamoudou Athie, Dreama Walker, Jimmy Smagula
Tagline
Everybody hurts. But especially Jerome.
Overview
An extremely sensitive young man in Brooklyn goes way too far in his quest to adhere to society's expectations of traditional masculinity.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Created by
Alex Karpovsky, Teddy Blanks
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Mamoudou Athie, Dreama Walker, Jimmy Smagula
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How it feels

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Tone
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • gender
  • isolation
  • loneliness
  • coming-of-age
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour7
Realism6
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy
Created by
Alex Karpovsky, Teddy Blanks
Written by
Teddy Blanks, Alex Karpovsky
Starring
Mamoudou Athie, Dreama Walker, Jimmy Smagula, Mary-Pat Green, Natasha Lyonne, Rey Borge, Pepi Sonuga, David Wain
Cinematography
Ben Goodman
Length
1 seasons, 8 episodes
Network
FXX
Languages
English

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