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ZIWE - Season 1
ZIWE, a riotously funny, new variety series from writer, comedian and internet sensation, Ziwe. A no-holds-barred mix of musical numbers, interviews and sketches that challenge America's discomfort with race, politics, and cultural issues.
22 February 1975, Culver City, California, USA
15 December 1990, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
February 10, 1993 in Beirut, Lebanon
8 December 1993, Denver, Colorado, USA
2 April 1961, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
15 February 1986, Los Angeles, California, USA
27 October 1950, Morristown, New Jersey, USA
26 November 1965, Northbrook, Illinois, USA
25 November 1986, Clatskanie, Oregon, USA
15 July 1979, Kinnelon, New Jersey, USA
12 April 1987, Long Island, New York, USA
18 March 1982, New York City, New York, USA
21 September 1987, Teaneck, New Jersey, USA
May 10, 2021
On "Ziwe" the understanding is that that the conversation is less about the promoting visitor than elevating the host. Fumadoh constructs the show as both a true star-making platform and a spoof of the same.
May 11, 2021
Fans of Ziwe Fumudoh will approach this show with her web series in mind, but seen strictly as a TV show it delivers with a brand of satire that has real intelligence.
May 10, 2021
As it turns out, viewers wondering if the comedian would soften up on guests once she made the transition to mainstream TV have nothing to worry about.
May 10, 2021
Out of character, Ziwe can be strikingly earnest... On Ziwe, she's anything but-and late night's all the better for it.
May 10, 2021
The show creates a sense of closeness with Ziwe by letting us play, for thirty minutes at a time, inside her mind.
May 10, 2021
She doesn't have much other material for a show that pales in comparison to the one whose time slot she's borrowing, "Desus & Mero."
May 10, 2021
It's when the show expands from one-on-ones that Ziwe, as a comedy project, flounders, with jokes relying too heavily on racism as a neon-lit punchline.
May 10, 2021
Ziwe, so much bigger and glossier than Fumudoh's Instagram show, is best when it recaptures the original videos' feeling of live, uneasy, intimate, and intense conversation - when it's riding on friction and interpersonal messiness.
