In his Comedy Central series, “Nathan for You,” he came up with outlandish ideas to promote small businesses, often capturing the surreality of human behavior as he instituted his plans.
In his latest series, Showtime’s “The Curse,” created with the “Uncut Gems” filmmaker Benny Safdie, Fielder has stopped playing himself but has kept the same fascination.
At the center of the first episode are two incidents that involve his character, Asher Siegel, caught in unflattering and uncomfortable situations on camera.
Whitney is outraged — even if that outrage is performative, she has a reputation to maintain — but Asher is more comfortable with Dougie’s machinations.
He wants to trust his childhood friend, even though from early on it seems clear that Dougie deserves no one’s trust.
Persons:
Nathan Fielder’s, “ Nathan, ”, —, Benny Safdie, Fielder, Asher Siegel, Asher, Whitney, Emma Stone, “, Asher can’t, Dougie, Safdie
Organizations:
HBO, HGTV
Locations:
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