Director and choreographer Bob Fosse’s influence looms large, to the point that even the riff on A Chorus Line exists somewhat in Fosse-land.Īlong with moving forward in musical theater time, the season flips the original premise, in which Melissa and Josh were normal people with complex problems whose interactions with residents of a less sophisticated reality were an ongoing source of comedic conflict.
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The series mines a hit parade of 1960s and 1970s musicals, including Chicago, Sweeney Todd, A Chorus Line, Pippin, Hair, Sweet Charity, and Cabaret. The clunky portmanteau implies that Chicago plays as large a thematic role as Brigadoon did in the previous season, but this isn’t really the case.
The twist is that Schmigadoon is now Schmicago. It’s a fantastical version of a well-off couple’s long weekend getaway, where instead of wine tasting, they hope to reprise their past musical triumph.
Nonetheless, they’re soon running back to Schmigadoon for some kind of relief. While their frustrations are certainly relatable, they’re not unresolvable. Besides, they’re successful New York doctors: It’s not as if their world is crashing around them. As the story begins, Melissa and Josh might’ve found love, but they’re lacking the “happy ending” that mature adults should understand isn’t so easily achieved. Nor are the stakes of the new adventure especially high. The new season of the Apple TV+ series feels more like a successful rom-com’s obligatory sequel than the advancement of an existing narrative. Along with plenty of song and dance, their story had a clear resolution. But troubled couple Melissa Gimble (Cecily Strong) and Josh Skinner (Keegan-Michael Key) worked out their romantic problems the last time around, after stumbling into a strange, magical town where everyone was trapped in a Golden Age musical loop.
The second season of Apple TV’s Schmigadoon! picks up 10 seconds after the end of the first - we know because a title card tells us - which gives the misleading impression that there were unanswered questions to explore.
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