‘Mid-Century Modern’ review: ‘Golden Girls’ ripoff featuring gay besties pushes the jokes too hard
- The Hulu sitcom *Mid-Century Modern*, created by Max Mutchnick and David Kohan, features three gay best friends as roommates.
- The show is an original series, but it inevitably reimagines an '80s TV stalwart, like *The Golden Girls*.
- Nathan Lane, Matthew Bomer, and Nathan Lee Graham play the friends, while Linda Lavin plays Bunny, the owner of their Palm Springs home.
- Nina Metz, a Tribune critic, gave *Mid-Century Modern* 2.5 out of 4 stars and quoted, "I'm thrilled you're gonna move in here."
- Lavin died in December at 87 before filming finished, and the show incorporated her death into the final episodes, leaving a void.
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‘Mid-Century Modern’ review: ‘Golden Girls’ ripoff featuring gay besties pushes the jokes too hard
Homage would be the kinder term, but no matter how you slice it, the Hulu sitcom “Mid-Century Modern” is a “Golden Girls” ripoff. Three gay best friends sans significant others — played by Nathan Lane, Matthew Bomer and Nathan Lee Graham — decide to become roommates and share a spacious home together. Instead of Miami, the setting is Palm Springs, which is a distinction without a difference when it comes to a vaguely gestured-at backdrop of palm…
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