![]() It will be extremely interesting to see how this leads Dave forward, not just into next week’s finale but in subsequent seasons where he may repair at least some of the damage his procrastination and overthinking has caused. But the episode is an important reminder that so many of the things that get in the way of the goals we set for ourselves exist exclusively in our heads, and at one time or another we all need to have a conversation with ourselves - or at least a long look in a mirror - to confront what we’re doing, and often not doing. Suffice it to say that it’s never quite so easy to overcome anxieties and learned behaviors in real life as it is on television, even with the support and guidance of Rick Rubin. But after questioning if the lesson of this exercise is to simply be himself, or even more frighteningly, to become a better person, his doppleganger suggests, “how is that going to help you make better music?” And so, the artist who overthinks everything finally discovers what he never bothered to consider: maybe stop doing that. What’s interesting is the way that Dave still doesn’t get it. ![]() “I think tomorrow is the day.”Ĭonfronted by a semi-hairless version of himself, Dave listens as this alter ego plays not one but two absolute bangers featuring razor-sharp vocals. “I think we’ve made great progress,” says Adams. Predictably, Dave uses humor to deflect Adams’ efforts to probe him, but he remains unsettled by a bearded eccentric working for the bearded eccentric he’s there to work with. Additionally, he’s greeted by Adams (Ben Sinclair), an intermediary who attempts to open up Dave’s mind to the more existential obstacles he faces to getting back his writer’s block. Instead of Rubin, however, Dave meets Biff Wiff, an actor experiencing a fairly extraordinary career renaissance at this exact moment thank to both his appearance here and as Santa Claus in Season 2 of I Think You Should Leave. But that also means that Dave has to give in to Rick’s mysterious methods, and take a closer look at his own.įirst, however, he has to meet him. (Only he could literally bum around with Paul McCartney, as he does on the Hulu series 3, 2, 1 and it simultaneously feel like a master class in exploring creativity and a casual meeting of two peers.) So when Dave (Dave Burd) shows up at his front door - or perhaps more accurately, at the front door of some immaculate, serene facility where he allegedly works, it’s the struggling rapper’s greatest opportunity to turn around his creative inertia. After cofounding Def Jam Records, working with everyone from the Beastie Boys to Johnny Cash to Kanye West, and adopting the persona of a bohemian mystic, he’s become known as well for who he is as what he’s accomplished.
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