The Golden Globe-winning comedy’s ambitious second season offers a masterclass in avoiding personal responsibility masked as moral improvement
Ramy, a sharp, POV-based
comedy by Muslim-American Ramy Youssef, was one of 2019’s most original and promising new shows. The joint Hulu/A24 production spent most of its 10-episode first season upending, with a wink and plenty of heart, both the audience expectations of idiosyncrasies within a Muslim family in New Jersey, and the protagonist’s bumbling attempts to live a more spiritually enlightened life.
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