The 2017 season of Netflix’s American Vandal has been described as “Serial, but with dick jokes.” Created by Dan Perrault and Tony Yacenda, the show is a send-up of the true-crime genre. Within the show, Peter Maldonado (Tyler Alvarez) and his friend Sam Ecklund (Griffin Gluck) investigate the painting of dicks on 27 cars in the teachers’ parking lot of their high school. Burnout Dylan Maxwell (Jimmy Tatro) is the obvious suspect, but not everything adds up. Dick jokes aside, American Vandal is an engaging mystery and, ultimately, an indictment of our interest in real crimes.
Key Takeaways:
- A Netflix sleeper hit in 2017 was “American Vandal.” The show was known for its toilet humor.
- The true crime series was created by Dan Perrault and Tony Yacenda, who also contributed to CollegeHumor.
- The fictionalized true crime Netflix series is set in a hypothetical version of 2015.
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