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Title: Too Many Cooks
Genre: Horror / Surrealism / Fantasy / Comedy
Company: Adult Swim
Directed by: Casper Kelly
Year: 2014
MPAA Rating / TV Rating: TV MA
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So, the short introduces the Cook Family and the short basically started out as a spoof on the sitcoms of the 1980s and the 1990s. But as the short goes on, it turns out that a certain serial killer has entered the show and he starts turning everything upside down...
So, when I heard about this short through Adult Swim, I was wondering about why everyone was talking about this short and why this short went viral on YouTube. So, I finally checked out this short and man, was this short awesome and crazy! What I loved so much about this short was how it subverted your expectations. When the short first started, it was basically an affectionate parody of the sitcoms from the 1980s and the 1990s. But as the short goes on, it suddenly turns into a surreal short full of horror elements, especially once the serial killer enters the scene. Also, I loved how the short takes it time to build up the horror elements throughout the short and really made the tension in the story quite intense. Another thing that I liked about this short was the music. The music essentially replays the theme song "Too Many Cooks" over and over again throughout the short. Even though this would be something that would annoy many people, the repeating music actually helped made this short really stand out as the narrative is dictated by the theme song. While the theme song sounds very catchy and lighthearted, it actually becomes much more disturbing once the theme song starts playing throughout the more morbid scenes of this short.
My only minor issue with this short is that it can be a bit confusing to understand, due to the short not really going into details about the characters' backstories. Now, I understand that this short is not meant to be something deep (at least, on the surface). But, I can't help but be curious about the backstories of these characters, especially of the killer. I actually had to look up information about the killer in order to understand his character a bit more.
Overall, "Too Many Cooks" is easily one of the best Adult Swim shorts I had ever seen! The fact that this short managed to subvert your expectations in such an intriguing and frightening way really made this a treat to watch! I highly recommend this short if you are a fan of shorts that have unexpected plot twists and catchy theme songs!
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