A new interpretation of the Slacker genre in active production.
I just found this actively being released self-made series on YouTube from a person under the name Rex Lengyel called Shiftless.
This project is emblematic of how the concept of the slacker is seemingly here to stay, as if it wasn’t always there. The exploration of Mundane Extremes on camera is nothing new per se; the wit evolves to match the gonzo and the gonzo to the wit.
Starting naturally with episode one, “Pilot” we are introduced to a sort of evolved Clerks setting. Meeting the two main characters, Paul and Steve who are in essence an amalgamation of every notable slacker duo coming before them— Dante and Randal, Jay & Silent Bob, Bill and Ted, the list goes on— working listlessly going about recently acquired jobs at a GameStop; until a customer, Death himself, coming for a refund… while he gets it in the end, it is only to the expense of the two’s employment status.
Episode two, “Grow Up, Paul and Steve” initially begins like that of It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia. In Office-style dialogue and direct reference to A Clockwork Orange; Steve and Paul do as the title suggests in order to avoid being kicked out of their friend Marco’s basement where they live as a result of the duo causing perceived issues in Marco’s sex life.
Retorted derogatorily in the second episode, but being reimagined in positive light here, Shiftless is “a fugue state at best” as any proper slacker should be. What happens in episode 3? Time will tell to see.
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