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01-03-2019, 10:19 PM
https://www.theringer.com/tv/2019/1/2/18164677/masked-singer-singing-competition-premiere-review
Fox's new reality competition is "both extremely self-aware and still not nearly self-aware enough," says Rob Harvilla, adding that it's the perfect singing competition for our dystopian age. "Welcome to Fox’s The Masked Singer, the strangest and most discomfiting reality-TV singing competition ever born," says Harvilla. "It is American Idol via Black Mirror; it is Eurovision via David Cronenberg. It is inspired by the 3-year-old South Korean program King of Mask Singer despite being nowhere near as weird or (presumably) as good. It is somehow both extremely self-aware and still not nearly self-aware enough. It is, impressively, all sorts of f*cked up.“ He adds: "The performances themselves are usually terrible, usually on purpose, with a distinctly Sia-esque vibe given the wacky costumes and general camp flamboyance...The celebrity-judge patter is pleasingly inane, but it’s not immediately clear whether they’re supposed to really try to guess a singer’s identity, or just misdirect and stall until that identity—oh, sh*t!—is revealed."
ALSO:
The Masked Singer is serious about secrecy (https://variety.com/2019/tv/features/the-masked-singer-contestant-secrecy-hippo-unmasked-1203089606/): Only seven staffers know the true identity of the celebrities -- and their entourage is required to wear masks, too
The Masked Singer feels like a "warped, through-the-looking-glass vision of both what reality shows are and what celebrity is" (https://www.vulture.com/2019/01/the-masked-singer-fox-review.html)
It's a guessing game wrapped in horrifying costume (https://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/2019/01/masked-singer-fox-episode-one-review/)
The Masked Singer is far more boring than it has any right to be with too much focus on the enormity of the unmaskings (https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/the-masked-singer-review-fox-korea-1203096239/)
After a disappointing first reveal, The Masked Singer feels more like Dancing with the Stars with crazier costumes (https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-masked-singer-reveals-first-celebrity-winnerand-its-a-major-letdown)
The Masked Singer is best described as "Donnie Darko + Pan’s Labrynth x Las Vegas" (https://ew.com/tv-reviews/2019/01/02/the-masked-singer-fox-recap/)
Fox's new reality competition is "both extremely self-aware and still not nearly self-aware enough," says Rob Harvilla, adding that it's the perfect singing competition for our dystopian age. "Welcome to Fox’s The Masked Singer, the strangest and most discomfiting reality-TV singing competition ever born," says Harvilla. "It is American Idol via Black Mirror; it is Eurovision via David Cronenberg. It is inspired by the 3-year-old South Korean program King of Mask Singer despite being nowhere near as weird or (presumably) as good. It is somehow both extremely self-aware and still not nearly self-aware enough. It is, impressively, all sorts of f*cked up.“ He adds: "The performances themselves are usually terrible, usually on purpose, with a distinctly Sia-esque vibe given the wacky costumes and general camp flamboyance...The celebrity-judge patter is pleasingly inane, but it’s not immediately clear whether they’re supposed to really try to guess a singer’s identity, or just misdirect and stall until that identity—oh, sh*t!—is revealed."
ALSO:
The Masked Singer is serious about secrecy (https://variety.com/2019/tv/features/the-masked-singer-contestant-secrecy-hippo-unmasked-1203089606/): Only seven staffers know the true identity of the celebrities -- and their entourage is required to wear masks, too
The Masked Singer feels like a "warped, through-the-looking-glass vision of both what reality shows are and what celebrity is" (https://www.vulture.com/2019/01/the-masked-singer-fox-review.html)
It's a guessing game wrapped in horrifying costume (https://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/2019/01/masked-singer-fox-episode-one-review/)
The Masked Singer is far more boring than it has any right to be with too much focus on the enormity of the unmaskings (https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/the-masked-singer-review-fox-korea-1203096239/)
After a disappointing first reveal, The Masked Singer feels more like Dancing with the Stars with crazier costumes (https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-masked-singer-reveals-first-celebrity-winnerand-its-a-major-letdown)
The Masked Singer is best described as "Donnie Darko + Pan’s Labrynth x Las Vegas" (https://ew.com/tv-reviews/2019/01/02/the-masked-singer-fox-recap/)