Craig Robinson's Peacock comedy Killing It is a funny takedown of the American dream

The Hollywood Reporter

"In the season finale of Peacock’s Killing It, inveterate scammer Isaiah (Rell Battle) sums up his view of the world. 'Ain’t nothing but snakes all the way down,' he insists, over the protests of his more straight-laced, kind-hearted brother Craig (Craig Robinson)," says Angie Han. "But through its approachable sense of humor and compassion for its characters, Killing It (from creators Luke Del Tredici and Dan Goor of Brooklyn Nine-Nine) makes a likable case for choosing to be kind anyway — to look out for one another when we can, even if it won’t solve everything in the long run. After all, there really are a lot of snakes out there."

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• Killing It’s point about the insurmountable gap between predators and prey is both consistent and darkly amusing: "Killing It secures watchability and relevance through its The Good Place–evoking core questions: If the odds are stacked against us, does individual responsibility become irrelevant?" says Roxana Hadadi. "What is the purpose of morality in a seemingly predetermined world? What is the tangible benefit of being good? There are answers to those questions both sincere and cynical, and Killing It manages to pull off both."
• Craig Robinson says no snakes or humans were harmed making Killing It: “I ended up holding two snakes around my neck—not at the same time—and I was like, ‘Man, I’ve been wrong, snakes are cool,’” he recalls. “So I mean, I’m not telling anybody to go out to a swamp and find a snake and be like, ‘Hey snake,’ but I am saying that I am no longer afraid of snakes.”