Human Telegraphs creates authenticity in the viewer's reactions with a very naive and yet slightly tiresome comedy style. It is a web series that only needs a story in the title and the beginning of a few scenes. The rest is pure comedy gold from three performers who know exactly how to do it.
Those are two things that are hard to find in today's comedy catalog: good scripts and talent that has to be of fundamental quality. Fortunately, both are used specifically in a program where the format doesn't matter. Human Telegraphs is a sitcom first and foremost, and it works. It could be a movie, a TV series or a sketch and it would still excite the audience. Is there anything else to do in comedy?
A group of three friends form a company in New York. Very small. What do they do? Well, they just deliver messages. They are literally human telegraphs. It seems simple, but it really isn't. Margot, Trisha and Lily lead hectic lives. The web show does this so well with inventive, quirky characters and stereotypes, which bodes well for the show as a whole. Nothing seems superfluous in any of the described situations. I actually laughed more than once. And there were a few times when I just laughed out loud. The scene with the realtor is comedy gold. The female-led web series is a breath of fresh air in an age where comedy takes itself too seriously all the time. Comedians fear criticism (if not cancellation) for consistently covering certain topics. Good comedy should be able to go to the controversial levels of conversation without crossing over into offensive behavior.
But Human Telegraphs is having none of that. If no one thinks about canceling women who break stereotypes, the show could be good. The script evolves from fast-paced situations to innocent conversations and safe performances. It's ironic, but sometimes staying within those boundaries is more of a challenge for the script. If not, how can you create an interesting situation that does not follow a specific agenda? In a sort of "Seinfeldian" sitcom, show creator Rachel Kay Barclay (on Lily) makes something out of nothing. He sticks to the topic to the end and gets a good laugh out of it along the way. It's amazing that performers aren't afraid to laugh at themselves. That's exactly what a sitcom needs, and few of them work these days. Creative freedom is always necessary. And Rachel Kay Barclay uses her "powers" to make a show about three women who play dumb and still win at the end of the day.
Valid for deconstructing Human Telegraphs and telling what is good and what is bad. Or I could be "natural". This time it is more honest to say what I felt. It never bored me and I just enjoyed how well Kayla Conroy (Margot on the show) directed it. The reasons are different.
But in the end I felt like I was with the friends I had hoped for. Those who are not afraid to laugh. I really wish I could have participated in the discussions in this cafe.
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