The Existential Comfort of <em>Making It</em>
The NBC crafting competition is a balm for troubled times.
by Sophie Gilbert
Jul 31, 2018
2 minutes
When the historians of the future look back upon this particular era in history, NBC’s is one way they’ll ascertain how very wrong things went in 2018. To be clear, the crafting competition hosted by Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman is a total joy, a cashmere-swaddled hug of a show that exudes geniality and zany warmth. If it had a scent, that scent would be fall leaves, cinnamon,’s spirit animal is a golden retriever. It’s the kind of series that’s so irrepressibly comforting, so extremely absorbing, that it could only be summoned by a culture that’s sorely in need of relief.
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