I tried to watch the first episode of Neo Yokio tonight.
Verdict: it didn't go well.
Full disclosure: satire is toxic to me. If it's subtle enough to be genuinely satirical and not merely mocking, I'm very likely to read it earnestly. Even when I know things are meant to be satirical, the emotional sting of the earnest reading usually still lands, and I know of no good way to extract recognition of the emotional damage wrought by satire without stepping on its humor potential. So I don't watch a lot of satire that isn't just plain parody.
... Kaz, apologies.
@Stephen_Stone I'm poststructuralist enough to let Death of the Author negate Ezra Koenig's interpretation of his own work with something moderately more charitable, and I can't pass judgment on what others do or don't like. It's not on me to state objectively whether a particular piece of media does or doesn't mean, or should or shouldn't be enjoyed. All I can say is that under the most positive interpretation I could give it, I didn't enjoy what I saw.
Neo Yokio is, from everything I've been told, intended to be satirical. I can accept that, but that doesn't make it feel okay to me. Kas' rip on "Babylon No. 5" is supposed to be a metaphor for kids picking on historical media without understanding it; I get that he's supposed to come across like a smug ass while he's doing it. But absent any immediate in-show refutation of his statement, even knowing what the writers are trying to suggest, _Kas still says it_.