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It’s difficult to shake the notion that Kevin Hart’s seven-episode Netflix dramatic mini-series “True Story” was made possible by what occurred to the stand-up comedian in the lead-up to the 2019 Academy Awards. You may recall that after being named the event’s host, he was forced to resign after certain homophobic tweets and stand-up routines came to light. The show settles in a tone-deaf spot about cancel culture and how we never truly know what’s going on behind the scenes in a celebrity’s life. Three years later, Netflix has released a series on a fictional version of Hart who, of course, commits some far worse blunders than the actual one. It resembles the phrase “If you thought my tweets were horrible,” almost. The fact that this drama lacks enough meat on its bones for seven (really eight, because the first episode is double-length) television seasons is worse than the funhouse mirror representation of reality, and the story it does convey never once feels, well, “true”
The Kid, a stand-up (like Hart) who was reared in Philadelphia and visits his hometown for a gig and reunites with his troubled brother Carlton, represents the usual endearing Hart’s attempt at a change of pace (Wesley Snipes, so consistently the most interesting thing about this show that he almost makes it worth watching on his own). Even while the older brother insists on having a “V.V.I.P. Room” backstage, Carlton and Kid have had disagreements in the past (again, like Hart and his own brother), they appear to be getting along presently. As Carlton drives Kid off the sobriety wagon and the superstar wakes up next to a dead lady after a night of drinking, danger begins.
What to do is known to Carlton. To clean up the mess, he hires a fixer named Ari (a very entertaining Billy Zane), but of course, nothing goes as planned. As Carlton and Kid strive to clean up problems while making bigger ones in the process, “True Story” largely consists of Ari’s sociopath brothers (John Ales and Chris Diamontopoulos) getting involved. Kid’s inability to access his regular support group, which consists of manager Todd (Paul Adelstein), bodyguard Herschel (William Catlett), and writer Billie (Tawny Newsome), as well as the fact that he is going through a messy and public divorce, doesn’t help. Things become even more ugly when a fan (Theo Rossi) gets involved, and it becomes much less clear what Hart and “Narcos” creator Eric Newman are trying to say about the relationship between famous people and the people who love them the most. (In this episode, fans are portrayed as stalkers or as retards, like the person who runs across Hart on a plane and assumes it’s okay to repeat a racial joke back to him.)
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The fact that “True Story” frequently seems to try to have its cake and eat it too in terms of how we’re supposed to feel about Kid is one of its major flaws. I don’t require a show to provide me with a moral compass, but I also dislike it when it appears like the writers are unsure of a character’s intentions. Kid: Is he a good guy in a bad situation? Not really, considering some of the decisions he takes. He’s kind of a jerk who prioritizes his safety and profession over everyone else. Imagine if “True Story” fully went into that and showed a star whose entire moral code had been destroyed by fame. Sometimes it seems like it’s about to get really dark and intriguing, but it pulls back because it wants us to identify with Kid even though nearly nobody would act in Kid’s aggressive or self-centered ways.
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The fact that “True Story” is yet another project from the streaming era that ought to have been a Sundance feature film doesn’t help matters. It frequently introduces supporting characters who look as if they should be carrying placards that read, “We have no idea what to do with this individual.” The most blatant example is Billie, played by Newsome, who feels like she is being built up to be a future star and who might soon have Kid opening for her but who then just blends into the background. Ales, Adelstein, and Diamontopoulos are one-dimensional. In a show that hardly ever feels anything other than shallow, Snipes is the only one who really shines, finding exquisitely delicate rhythms to play. He is an actor who is so captivating and charismatic that he can keep even the least plausible scenes together.
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Most importantly, this novel relies heavily on coincidence and a strong suspension of disbelief, and there is simply not enough actual human behavior presented (especially regarding phones that are never locked nor uploading anything to a cloud). One wishes Hart could play a real anti-hero or perhaps a villain in a future Netflix drama since it is interesting to watch him portray someone who is unlikeable, and the program picks up when he lets Kid act rudely. Or, what the heck, let’s give Wesley Snipes that show.
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