Review: The Awesomes ‘Les Miserawesomes’

Spoilers Below:

To thank Perfect Man and Impresario for rebuilding Paris, the Awesomes were invited to France. After drinking wine laced with a mind-controlling drug, the Awesomes – minus Prock (who is immune), Concierge (who only drinks California wine), and Sumo (who is too young to drink) – began singing along to their experiences, which resembled the events in Les Miserables. Coincidentally, that was the very play of which Sumo’s school was currently doing a production.

Turned out, a villain named The Begian Waffler was behind the shenanigans, and eventually he was tracked down and gave up the anti-singing antidote.

Upon returning to Awesome Mountain, the gang discovered Mr. Awesome apparently up to no good.

In Case You Missed It:

1) When the French trip was announced, Frantic quickly donned a beret and grabbed a mini French flag.

2) Here’s a line I’d like to use when someone beats me to a conclusion halfway through an explanation, courtesy of Prock: “Aw, don’t let me do the ramp but not the jump.”

3) Some of the French people’s Belgian jokes: “Q: Did you hear about the helicopter that crashed in a Belgian cemetery? A: The rescue teams have found over 260 dead people.” / “Q: Why wasn’t Jesus born in Belgian? A: God couldn’t find three wise men.” / “Q: Have you ever tried Belgian kissing? A: It’s like French kissing, but more Flemish.”

I’m not going to sugarcoat it, this episode of The Awesomes was awful. Aside from the initial set-up (the best line of the show was probably: “That means Phil must’ve taken it all!”) there were barely any laughs throughout the rest of the episode.

I understand that writing, composing, and performing music takes a lot of skill – especially for an animated comedy – but that doesn’t mean it’s always going to be quality, and it doesn’t mean we have to like it out of respect. Especially when the jokes are scarce and lame. By the halfway point of the installment, I was counting the minutes until it was all over.

Even when the characters weren’t singing – like the scenes with Madame Hunchback and the Belgian Waffler – it seemed like the writers intended to make the dialogue bad. I know they wanted to make the French look dumb, but there are much funnier ways to go about doing that.

This may end up being one of my shortest reviews ever, but there honestly isn’t much more to say about this episode. The singing was annoying, the writing was weak, the plot seemed forced, and the resolution was about as anti-climactic as they come. I’ll give them props for the whole production and the few times I laughed out loud, but that’s about it.

Ces des conneries!