The Exquisite Pain of Monogamous Life
In the new Prime Video show <em>Mammals</em>, infidelity is a philosophical conundrum as much as a practical one.
Being really, honestly surprised, especially these days, can feel thrilling—which is what makes , the new Prime Video series from the Tony-winning playwright , so hard to write about. There’s a revelation at the very end that turns the entirety of what we’ve just seen on its head; rewatching the first few episodes after that, which I did, was a bracingly new experience. Even the casting of James Corden in the central role of a cuckolded chef resonated differently. Corden is, after all, a TV personality whose comic schtick—likability—has always been so broad and earnest that it feels a little untrustworthy. Butterworth,
