Adam Scott and company will return for the third season of their comedy ‘Party Down’
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Even after the show ended and fans found other things to do, they continued to give Party Down a reputation, with praise coming from places like The New York Times and Vanity Fair. Fans loved that the series was endlessly bingeable, and the characters’ simple catering uniform lended itself to countless Halloween costumes. For a canceled show, Party Down sure seemed to have a lot left in the tank.
The main change in terms of the original cast’s personality is that of Lizzie Caplan, who was featured in the recently concluded film “Fleishman is in Trouble” as well as forthcoming series version of “Fatal Attraction.” There is an upcoming series version of “Fatal Attraction
Ron, who runs a business that caters to the poor, is in dire straits and takes jobs with questionable clients like a gathering of Hitler enthusiasts.
Henry (Adam Scott, pulling double duty on premium TV with Apple’s “Severance”) has initially moved on, but circumstances drag him back into the pink bow-tie business, grudgingly so. He is introduced to a producer who is a major part of the plot.
Martin Starr’s evil Roman remains dour about the lives of these Hollywood-adjacent strivers and is one of the others returning for more. To him, anyone who achieves commercial success is a sellout, and at one point he alludes to those who actually thrive in showbiz by saying, “You make it big in this cultural void, it only proves that you suck on some level.”
The episodes seem a little too enamored with bodily-fluid gags, and some of the encore players don’t contribute much to the “Party” this time around.
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There are a few genuine success stories among the people on the outskirts of Hollywood, which in the latest version includes not only wannabe writers and actors, but an aspiring actress as well.
While Netflix has resurrected shows like Arrested Development and Gilmore Girls with episodes that left fans feeling a little lukewarm, Thomas had a bit of a leg up on the revision game, having brought Veronica Mars back from the dead via crowdfunding in 2014. Thomas takes comfort in the fact that Party Down from the Mars return may be more relevant today than it was 12 years ago because of the rise of social media.