The Midnight Gospel Review

After working on Adventure Time for almost a decade, Pendleton Ward has created a new show

that has no filter on Netflix. If you thought Adventure Time felt like an acid trip than The Midnight

Gospel is an overdose on cocaine and heroin. This show is not your typical animated show and it

is not for everyone. It's a very episodic show that doesn't really have any overarching plot

that connects the episodes. The show follows Clancy who is the creator of essentially a podcast

called the Midnight Gospel where he interviews guests that he meets throughout his trip through

simulated worlds. The way the show presents itself is pretty wacky because you would have very

normal calm philosophical discussions regarding real-life topics like drugs, death and personal

experiences while on-screen crazy stuff is happening like people being rip to shreds by hordes of

zombies or an uprising is taking place. This contrast from audio and what's happening on

screen is probably the most contrasting thing I have seen in a show, initially, it was very jarring for

me to pay attention to what is being said and what was happening in the show. It felt like I was

watching a show and listening to a podcast that has no relation to each other at the same time which

I'm pretty sure was done intentionally as an artistic decision to replicate people that are high on drugs

having a heart to heart discussion. I was able to get the hang of paying attention to the dialogue and

what was going on screen without missing much from either by episode two. I felt that the dialogue

between Clancy and his guests were very calming and very real, because they felt natural. The

animation for this show isn't the best, it feels a bit choppy and rough but I feel like it works pretty

well for what the show is trying to do. This is a show that tells two different stories in an episode

one story that is portrayed visually while the other story is told from the dialogue between Clancy

and his guests. An example of this is when Clancy is having a conversation with the president of a

world overrun by zombies, they are talking about their stances and experiences on drugs while on

screen we see the outbreak of zombies and the eventual destruction of the world. Due to the mature

subject matter and vast amount of gore, this show is definitely not meant for kids.

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One major weakness of this show due to the nature of it is that there is basically no narrative or

characters that you will be heavily invested in. Overall I felt this show very oddly relaxing and over

the top at the same time which I feel is what Pendleton Ward was trying to accomplish with this

show. In terms of enjoyment, I would give this show a 7.5 out of 10. If you are looking for a

narrative driven show this isn't for you, but if you just want to relax and kickback then this show is a

pretty good choice.

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