“Reboot” – Again Please [TELEVISION REVIEW]
“Reboot,” from the deviously clever mind of Steven Levitan (“Modern Family”), is one laugh out loud moment after another, played in front of the curtain of Hollywood and behind the wall of family dysfunction. And it all works! Ostensibly about the making, or rather remaking, of a popular early 2000’s sitcom, we are given an inside glimpse of how TV gets made with all the high stakes elevated. It is a hilarious production about a Hulu-produced show that will be shown on Hulu, that is actually a Hulu produced show that will be shown on Hulu. Talk about meta! Levitan is pretty straightforward about how a show gets made, from the directors and backstage crew, to the stars as they behave on and off screen, to the studio execs (Hulu) who are skewered for their lack of insight, venal behavior, and vindictiveness, all in the name of fun. But no one is left unscathed—singed slightly, but not unscathed. Gordon (Paul Reiser), and Hannah (Rachel Bloom) in “Reboot.” Photo courtesy of Hulu. Hannah, whose latest independent film shot from a lesbian perspective, is at the studio to pitch her idea for a reboot of “Step Right Up,” a hit sitcom from the early 2000s that went off the air when the…
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