Review: The 'Party Down' revival is every bit the equal of the original
by Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times
Feb 24, 2023
4 minutes
Perhaps the hardest thing about reunions, past getting them to happen in the first place, is convincing the world that the effort was worth it. Whatever excitement news of a revival generates among fans is inevitably accompanied by the suspicion that it won't live up to what made them love the original. At the same time, there's the question of whether it can speak to a new audience in a world that's moved on — is it just replaying the old hits for the sake of nostalgia, or does it have something fresh to say? Is it a cynical cash grab, a lazy recycling of
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