Jordan Peele's Weird City is like a sci-fi extension of Key & Peele sketches

The Ringer

Peele co-created the futuristic YouTube Premium series with former Key & Peele writer Charlie Sanders. "Weird City has its moments, but the biggest issue with the series as a whole—especially given its pedigree in front of and behind the camera—is that it fails to deliver anything as memorable as Key & Peele," says Miles Surrey. "Weird City lacks the kind of trenchant social critiques ('Negrotown') and plain weirdness (the 'Continental Breakfast' skit) of that show’s best sketches. Hampered by the high standards Peele set in his TV peak, Weird City falls flat and seems unfortunately at home on YouTube."

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