{"id":3757,"date":"2020-06-08T00:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-07T21:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/central-park-is-a-charming-musical-celebration-of-the-little-things\/"},"modified":"2020-06-08T00:30:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-07T21:30:00","slug":"central-park-is-a-charming-musical-celebration-of-the-little-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/central-park-is-a-charming-musical-celebration-of-the-little-things\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Central Park\u2019 is a Charming, Musical Celebration of the Little Things"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#\u2018Central Park\u2019 is a Charming, Musical Celebration of the Little Things<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

Hello and welcome to Up Next<\/strong>, a weekly column that gives you the rundown on the latest TV. For our very first week, Liz Baessler takes a look at the App<\/a>le animated musical series<\/a> <\/span>Central Park<\/strong>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n
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The animated musical series Central Park<\/i> <\/strong>is the brainchild of Josh Gad<\/strong> and <\/span>Bob\u2019s Burgers <\/span><\/i>creator<\/span>\u00a0Loren Bouchard<\/strong> and writer Nora Smith<\/strong>. <\/span>But you don\u2019t need me to tell you that. One look at the characters\u2019 designs ought to be more than enough evidence they\u2019re from <\/span>the same universe (or at least the same animation studio) as the Belchers.\u00a0<\/span>It\u2019s a little hard not to think of Central Park<\/em> as <\/span>Bob\u2019s Burgers 2<\/span><\/i>, and not just because of a preponderance of weak chins.<\/span><\/p>\n

This show is about the Tillermans, a family of four who lives in the titular Manhattan park (yes, <\/span>in <\/span><\/i>it, specifically in Belvedere Castle which, in our own universe, traditionally houses the park\u2019s manager). And much like the Belchers, they are an idiosyncratic bunch of likable people who, different from a lot of other TV families, genuinely seem to enjoy each other\u2019s company, and they support one another in big and small ways.<\/span><\/p>\n

In particular, son Cole Tillerman (voiced by Tituss Burgess<\/strong>), with his fervent love of animals and unashamed confidence in his own weirdness, feels like a Gene Belcher clone. But that\u2019s perfectly fine. Gene Belcher is a gift, and there\u2019s always more room for sweet, genuine preteen boys on television.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

And then there\u2019s the family patriarch and park manager Owen (Leslie Odom Jr.<\/strong>) A lot like Bob Belcher, Owen has a profound passion for his ostensibly mundane job, a passion that no one else truly understands. Where Bob loves finding fresh ingredients and coming up with endearingly lame burger of the day puns, Owen loves watching the park\u2019s flowers bloom every year and orchestrating the delicate dance that is its garbage collection. Granted, overseeing something as massive and highly trafficked as Central Park is probably no small feat, but with his high socks and quiet suffering, Owen has that same lame dadness that\u2019s as unmistakable as it is admirable.<\/span><\/p>\n

Am I comparing Central Park <\/em>too much to\u00a0Bob\u2019s Burgers<\/em>? Maybe. But it\u2019s so hard not to. Hell, even H. John Benjamin<\/strong>, who voices Bob Belcher, shows up in Central Park <\/em>for a guest appearance that, with his voice, would be impossible to miss. And t<\/span>o be perfectly honest, it\u2019s difficult not to see the Tillermans as toned down, more earnest versions of the Belchers. But it\u2019s still early days. The Belchers have had the better part of a decade to win our hearts. The Tillermans have had all of four episodes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Actually, Central Park<\/em> excels when it goes above and beyond certain elements of its predecessor. Bob\u2019s Burgers<\/span><\/i> is no stranger to very satisfying original songs, (I <\/span>can\u2019t<\/span><\/i> be the only one who sometimes listens to Gene\u2019s amazing <\/span>\u201cElectric Love\u201d<\/span> while I work). And<\/span> Central Park<\/span><\/i> embraces that all the way as a fully-fledged musical featuring roughly four new songs in each episode. At such a breakneck rate, some of those songs are going to be forgettable. It\u2019s inevitable. But by god, I\u2019ve caught myself walking around singing the first episode bop \u201cOwn It\u201d under my breath.<\/span><\/p>\n

The show also sets itself apart with what appears to be a budding season-long arc based around, of all things, <\/span>real estate<\/span> intrigue, a plot that\u2019s been a source of drama several times on Bob\u2019s Burgers<\/em>. But this arc feels more involved,<\/span> an intricate web of secrets and payoffs spearheaded by an elderly, dog-toting mogul and her fusty, embittered housekeeper (played respectively by Stanley Tucci<\/strong> and Daveed Diggs<\/strong>\u00a0in roles I never knew I needed them in).<\/span><\/p>\n

The one area the show breaks away the most is, oddly enough, the one that works the least. And that\u2019s the addition of a narrator, a busker named Birdie (voiced by co-creator Josh Gad) who speaks both to the audience and the other characters, haplessly and self-importantly attempting to steer the events. It\u2019s an interesting concept, and one that works well to drive home the show\u2019s elevation of the mundane \u2014 Birdie desperately loves Central Park and is unrepentantly fascinated by its inner workings and eager to shoehorn himself into the drama, no matter how small it may be \u2014 but u<\/span>nfortunately, he\u2019s also a bit annoying.<\/p>\n

And the trouble with having a narrator who\u2019s annoying, even to comedic ends, is that, well, you wind up spending a decent amount of your viewing time with an annoying character. Maybe Birdie will mellow out as the season progresses. P<\/span>robably, he\u2019ll prove himself invaluable to saving the park. Only time will tell. But for now, he\u2019s a small hiccup in an otherwise overly pleasant and decidedly charming show.<\/span><\/p>\n

Central Park\u00a0<\/em>may feel like another, sing-song-ier iteration of Bob\u2019s Burgers,\u00a0<\/em>but that\u2019s in no way a bad thing.\u00a0I plan on continuing to watch Central Park<\/em> for as long as it keeps delivering. I have a hard time imagining I\u2019ll love the Tilllermans as much as I love the Belchers, but with 13 episodes slated to debut throughout the summer, they have enough time to give it a solid shot and give my heart a run for its money.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The first couple of episodes of Central Park <\/em>are currently viewable on Apple TV .<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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