I was never sure what to think of Lil Dicky, mostly because he was pretty much irrelevant to me until recently. I knew who he was, of course, but in all honesty I thought he was just some clown who made funny songs. He’s only released one album (back in 2015) and it wasn’t until he made ‘Freaky Friday’ with Chris Brown that I even listened to one of his songs. I’ve listened to a handful of his songs since then and actually like his feature on Justin Bieber’s song, “Running Over”, but as far as mainstream success, he’s nowhere close to that in the music game. However, let me introduce you to a little show on FXX called Dave.
I’m simultaneously happy and mad that I didn’t start watching Dave until the eighth episode. Happy because I was able to binge the first seven episodes in one day, but mad because I slept on this awesome show for so long. Oops, the cat’s out of the bag…I think this show is awesome. I didn’t watch at first because of my preconception that Lil Dicky was just some clown rapper (as I said earlier) and I didn’t think he was an actor. I couldn’t have been more wrong.
Much like what makes Curb Your Enthusiasm so great is that Dave is based on a real-life famous person dramatizing their life, but with more contemporary cameos than Curb. We’ve already gotten appearances from Justin Bieber, YG, Trippie Redd, Benny Blanco, and Macklemore, which shows just how well-liked Lil Dicky is in the music industry. Although if I could relate it to one show in specific, I’d have to go with Master of None, to which Dave has a very similar type of comedy as opposed to Curb. Lil Dicky is also credited with writing four of the ten episodes this season, which shows me that he is so much more than some clown rapper and deserves serious credit for his comedy writing skills.
I never thought for a second that I’d be a Lil Dicky stan, but here we are. But can you blame me for not wanting to take a satirical rapper seriously? His stage name literally translates to “Little Penis” and he raps about being an average white guy who grew up in the suburbs (the polar opposite of most modern rappers). Also, the fact that everything in the show about his fucked up looking dick is based in reality, makes me like and respect him even more for releasing that wildly private information to the public (if you haven’t watched Dave yet, this sentence can’t help but make you intrigued, right?). In all honesty, Dave may be the best show on TV right now, and it’s time the whole world knew.
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