Million Dollar Extreme Presents: World Peace

A twisted, offensive, and brilliant look into the minds of a group of millennial comedians who spend most of their time parodying the ridiculous overly-PC world they're stuck in. Upon learning about the guys, I've checked out their internet-based content and even when it's not funny the sketches are sincere, thought-provoking and well-written despite being (purposely?) unpolished.

I don't know how well this show will do, considering how off-base, offensive, and downright strange it can be, but it is certainly worthy of its small time slot on Adult Swim. If you're a fan of Tim and Eric, Eric Andre, etc., give it a shot.

Comedy is meant to push the envelope and to talk truth to power. Comedy that supports mainstream establishment positions is forgettable as it is useless.

People will say "this show is an excuse for hate." Yeah you're m******ing right it is. What comedy isn't an excuse for hate? You think Richard Pryor was sitting around thinking about how great everything was? Comedy comes from rage and fury. Rage and fury at a status quo that coerces you constantly. Realizing these coercions is the point of comedy. Comedy is discomfort. It's what the laughter arrives to remedy. That's particular true in absurdist comedy.

The humor herein is absurdist and on the far edge of comedy. Slowly but surely it will give way to its ideas being more mainstream (you can already see watered down, apologetic versions in the comedy of Joe Rogan and Bill Burr. The fact that it has been banned will only, ultimately, increase the power of comedy as Hyde et al become martyrs.

Ultimately, both the horrible and awesome thing is that it is being banned and shunned. Horrible because I can barely stand to see the hypocrisy of the people who call themselves comics trying to get the show canceled (they're not actually comics). Awesome because it means that we're finally getting a real counterculture back, one that can't be immediately bought and sold back to us like skateboarding. This show was a hit. The fact that it was still taken off the air says a lot. Remember the 90s when they tried to get rap music banned everywhere? Say hello to the new rebellion.

In the year of our Lord 2021, stuff and people and things get banned, delisted, shadowbanned, cancelled left and right (mostly right). This will in no way come to bite the banners, delisters etc in the behind anytime soon.

Oh yeah, the show. When somebody wants you to not see or be able to access something, that means you need to go ahead and check it out. ASAP.

Adult Swim as a network always puts out "different" content. The Eric Andre Show and Tim and Eric (both excellent) are great examples of this. However I believe MDE World Peace is different enough from those other 2, it's not just being weird for the sake of being weird.

Every episode is filled with skits that really make you think about what message its trying to send. At face value, most of the skits are uninteresting, maybe even unfunny. There are a few genuinely funny scenes in every episode yes, but the most interesting thing about the show is actually finding out what the message of the skit is. It sounds silly but this show is more nuanced than it appears.

Not for everybody though. People who enjoy surreal stuff, or those who use certain mind altering substances will definitely appreciate this show. I don't use those myself, but I do enjoy surreal stuff like this.

Overall, I'd say it's different enough from everything on TV and Adult Swim, and I think it's worth at least seeing a few of the episodes. Of the 6, I'd say the last 2 episodes are the best.

Sam Lanza is a visionary, but his radical centrist friends Charls and Nick concern me. Used car salesmen and knife school members. Very strange. It's hard to properly access these characters but I remain riveted, despite my man Joel Bernstein's devastating articles.

All in all I'll grudgingly give this show 10/10, though I feel it's derivative of H3H3 productions.

There's a lot to unpack here, and it's left me literally shaking. We're in 2020...