AVClub: For all of its abrasiveness and melancholy, Baskets can be a very sweet show. Galifianakis doesn’t pretend that the life of Chip Baskets is an admirable one, nor does he shy away from the painful delusions that uphold his entire worldview, but he also relishes in Chip’s commitment to reaching for the brass ring in spite of all evidence to the contrary. This obviously doesn’t just extend to being a professional clown, but also a husband to a woman who obviously doesn’t love him, a son to an encouraging but disappointed mother, and in “Uncle Dad,” a part-time uncle for his two nieces. Naturally this requires some tolerance for Chip’s worst qualities—constantly dismissing Martha, a stubborn refusal to listen to others, general low-grade dickishness—but it helps that the creative talent clearly have a lot invested in the character, as well as the other people that surround him. Baskets may be on a left-field wavelength, but it’s positive qualities are universal.
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