In 2017, the British comedy Timewasters created by Daniel Lawrence Taylor is available on ITV2. Despite a BAFTA nomination, the series was cancelled after two seasons. But don't worry, the jazz quartet is back in service thanks to the American platform Amazon Prime. Soon available on IMDb TV (Amazon Prime in France), the four musicians have not finished surprising us. A second piece of good news, Timewasters will soon be adapted by the American channel ABC. In the meantime, the editorial staff of Just Focus gives you its review of episode 1 of the original version to the SO British universe! Synopsis: A contemporary jazz quartet from London is having trouble making itself known to the general public. One day the group of friends discovers an abandoned elevator in a disused building and thanks to it, they travel through time to the 1920s. READ ALSO: Friends: The Reunion, the one that makes us nostalgic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CSwBtqE-64&ab_channel=IMDbTVIMDbTVValid%C3%A9
An original screenplay
With episode 1 of Timewasters, we do not get bored from beginning to end! The scenario is original because it manages to punctuate in just 30 minutes, humor and emotion all this on a jazzy background. This episode is indeed quite short but we still find comic elements throughout the episode without ever having a long silence between scenes. For fans of contemporary jazz music and British series, you will be delighted by the quartet of Timewasters. The originality of the series is the angle taken by the scenario to tell the story of these young SO BRITISH artists. The scenario is original because, for example, it introduces in the 20s, the hit Hey Ya of Outkast. A major American rap group. The scene creates a contrast with the jazz of the 20s in London. The key word of this first episode of season 1 is "modernity" because the writer did not hesitate to tell a story with both the codes of the 20s, and those of today. In this sense, watching this episode we can appreciate the situation comedy with the help of a societal clash between two different eras. These comic moments are underlined by the modernity of the quartet and by that of the script. It's an alliance that works perfectly! Indeed, Daniel Lawrence Taylor succeeds wonderfully in combining all these elements.
Quality staging
For the staging of the twelve episodes of the series we find the director George Kane. He is known for having collaborated with the queen of series, the British Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag, Killing Eve, Crashing), on the series Crashing. The alliance between George Kane and Daniel Lawrence Taylor works wonderfully in this first episode. The work of one does not go without the other. Indeed, the scenario is nothing without the staging and the opposite as well. One might even think that they worked upstream together, so much the script and the staging are linked. We also find this in the series Fleabag and Killing Eve. As if these three series were thought of as a play. (Reminder: Fleabag is originally a play and then a series). In this episode, we can notice the comic genius of the four main actors thanks to their ways of reacting to the situation. A situation that is totally surreal! Throughout the episode, we keep wondering how we would have reacted instead of the quartet?
A jazz quartet that blows your mind!
The cast of this British comedy is blowing your mind! The four protagonists are played by Daniel Lawrence Taylor (Nick), Kadiff Kirwan (Jason), Adelayo Adedayo (Lauren) and Samson Kayo (Horace). Despite the fact that the series has unfortunately been stopped, we can only be eager to know the future of Daniel Lawrence Taylor, whether for his career as a writer and actor. With this first episode, Daniel Lawrence Taylor marks his mark as a unique writer. In this pilot, the four actors reveal their different comic and dramatic talents such as, for example, the actor Samson Kayo who has the end of the episode pushes the song like a professional singer. This scene is the last of the first episode. The end is thus the apotheosis of the episode because after a long wait, we can finally hear the contemporary jazz quartet play. But a question arises, why is this talent not appreciated in the modern world? An answer that we will surely have in the next episodes. The end of the episode is an entertaining moment for us viewers because it is the music of our time. On the other hand, conversely, it is a revolution for the audience of the 1920s. The spectators do not know it yet but they live a mini-revolution. After watching the first episode of Timewasters, the editorial staff of Just Focus advises you to watch season 1 soon available on Amazon Prime. You will spend a pleasant moment with finesse filled with comic moments and emotions.
