A DELIGHT TO WATCH
Review if Square Eye Pair
by Ben Blakely, 20 Jun 2012
Growing up with a television as a parent/best friend is something I can relate to as a child of the 80s and 90s. So I was immediately drawn to the concept of Square Eye Pair: two best buds who are obsessed with TV and quite happy with their situation until a third member comes in to mix things up.
Max (Eli Mathewson) and Richard (Hamish Parkinson) have been friends since high school, where they bonded over their mutual awkwardness and distance from the cool crowd. Afternoons spent bonding over Star Wars (the original three), Pokémon, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer have strengthened their friendship to a seemingly unbreakable bond.
Neither Max nor Richard have really grown out of their awkwardness. Max might be skinnier than he was in high school but he still carries a lot of his insecurities with him and Richard may be older but is no wiser when it comes to talking to girls. This isn't too much of an issue for the pair though; TV is still providing all the entertainment they need. But when the status quo changes and Richard finally gets the courage to ask out Grace (Elise Whitson), their once comfortable world is thrown into a turbo-mini-blender spin.
The story unfolds as sections are explained through reference to various TV shows from the past 20 or so years. Both young men find it easier to communicate their experience to the audience via a series of TV styles (sitcom, talk show, reality show, infomercial). Taking the form they know and love and infusing it with their own experience leads to often quite comic and clever moments.
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