a little more juju

Similar to the whole Charlize Theron/Rita Leeds thing from two days ago, I love Martin Short (OMG, if you haven’t watched Only Murders in the Building, do it), but his turn as Uncle Jack Dorso in “Ready, Aim, Marry Me” is just … gross. First off, Martin Short, an able-bodied man, is playing a disabled man, and a lot of the humor in this episode is reliant upon his disability. Secondly, I know the relationship between Uncle Jack and Dragon, his assistant, is probably supposed to reference that of Master Blaster from Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome, but it just seems unnecessarily abusive since Jack just yells at him when he wants something, whereas Master and Blaster had a symbiotic relationship. And then finally, Uncle Jack’s sexual interest in Lindsay was just fucking creepy, as he’s known her since she was a young girl and he’s like 80 or 90.

I also don’t think Short’s performance was that great. Like … it was fine? But not what I would expect from such a wonderful comedic actor. Granted, I don’t think he was given much to work with. All in all, this was just a very disappointing appearance, and the episode wasn’t really all that much better.