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Nice to Not Meet You ep. 1 and 2 – From Squid Game to Slapstick Shame
Nice to Not Meet You proves that the success of Squid Game can’t be recycled into laughs.
Here, Lee Jung-jae goes from surviving deadly games… to surviving punchlines that never land.
It’s all physical clumsiness — shoving, tripping, falling — wrapped in situations so forced they feel written by someone who’s never actually laughed.
If the script had half the rhythm of its falls, it might be brilliant.
This “comedy” confuses cringe with humor.
Even the actors seem lost, trapped between sitcom energy and sketch-show awkwardness.
Someone clearly thought putting an iconic actor on screen would make the audience laugh by reflex.
But no — Nice to Not Meet You doesn’t make you laugh. It makes you pity them.
Here, Lee Jung-jae goes from surviving deadly games… to surviving punchlines that never land.
It’s all physical clumsiness — shoving, tripping, falling — wrapped in situations so forced they feel written by someone who’s never actually laughed.
If the script had half the rhythm of its falls, it might be brilliant.
This “comedy” confuses cringe with humor.
Even the actors seem lost, trapped between sitcom energy and sketch-show awkwardness.
Someone clearly thought putting an iconic actor on screen would make the audience laugh by reflex.
But no — Nice to Not Meet You doesn’t make you laugh. It makes you pity them.
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