It clearly implies that Cognito is evil, and that Reagan’s professional goals aren’t admirable. This, of course, is also at odds with the alleged premise of Inside Job. The supporting cast ends up wrecking Reagan’s own character arc by association, as the final two episodes hinge on Reagan and her co-workers liking and respecting one another–something which simply hasn’t changed from the first episode to the last, with Brett being the notable exception because he actually tries to be a good person. I actually might not have noticed except that Reagan’s character is also (half)-Asian, with a similar overall character and role at Cognito, but played with attempted dignity and pathos so that there’s actual stakes and tension in regards to her success and failure without constant clumsy, pointless references being made to her ethnic background. He’s also Asian, and about as racist a stereotype as what Inside Job tries to strawman in the eighties episode. Andre does science and also lots of drugs. Magic Myc is some sort of psychogenic fungus who’s just rude to everyone all the time. The script really has it in for Joe Rogan, for reasons it couldn’t be bothered to actually explain for those who don’t know what opinion they’re supposed to have about him. Tisha Campbell’s Gigi Thompson is arrogant and talked in a lot of social media references I couldn’t be bothered to follow. John DiMaggio’s Glenn Dolphman is a psychotic general turned half-dolphin via scientific experiment. The rest of the cast is much worse, with supporting roles that all basically boil down to people who are obnoxious jerks in slightly different ways. And the parody Bond, unlike the real one, doesn’t even appear to actually report to anyone. Bond’s gimmick is acting outside of power structures and defying them as necessary. It refers to hegemonic male power structures. It also describes him as embodying toxic masculinity, a rather glaring case of not understanding what the term toxic masculinity actually means. The Bond parody is a stalker, when the actual Bond is notorious for treating women as disposable. Inside Job tries to critique the character from a feminist perspective, yet almost impressively manages to apply feminist critiques that don’t actually apply to the character. Not any modern version, mind you, but the Roger Moore version which was considered the low point even last century. Take another episode which parodies James Bond. They’re not even based on accurate references, just arcane memories. Andre, a free-spirited biochemist John DiMaggio as Glenn Dolphman, a half-man, half-dolphin Tisha Campbell as Gigi, Cognito’s fast-talking Head of Media Manipulation and Subliminal Messages and Brett Gelman as Magic Myc, a psychic subterranean mushroom creature from a hive mind deep within Hollow Earth.And that’s the single most cryptic part of Inside Job’s soulless referencing that seems to have affected nearly all present-day alleged adult animated sitcoms. Scheimpough, CEO of Cognito Bobby Lee as Dr. Series regulars include Lizzy Caplan as Reagan Ridley, Cognito Inc.’s antisocial tech genius Christian Slater as Rand Ridley, Reagan's father, and disgraced head of Cognito Inc. Reagan thinks she can make a difference, if only she could manage her unhinged, manifesto-writing father and her irresponsible coworkers, to finally snag the promotion she’s been dreaming about. Even in a workplace filled with reptilian shapeshifters and psychic mushrooms, she’s seen as the odd one out for believing the world could be a better place. can be tricky, especially for anti-social tech genius Reagan Ridley. From convoluted coverups to secret societies to masked orgy etiquette, navigating office culture at Cognito Inc. Inside Job is billed as an adult animated comedy about the shadow government - and the dysfunctional team whose daily grind is committing the world’s conspiracies. Inside Job is the first project from Takeuchi’s 2018 Netflix deal, and the first adult animation series created in-house by Netflix Animation Studios. As part of the streamer’s continuing embarrassment of Annecy 2021 announcement riches, Netflix head of adult animation Mike Moon today also shared another new adult animated series, Inside Job, revealed by creator/showrunner Shion Takeuchi (writer, Gravity Falls, Disenchantment) and executive producer Alex Hirsch ( Gravity Falls’ creator and executive producer) during their Studio Focus Panel.
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