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Nathan Fielder's "The Rehearsal"

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About

Nathan Fielder's The Rehearsal is a 2022 comedy TV show on HBO created by Nathan For You director and producer Nathan Fielder that's about going to extraordinary lengths to "eliminate uncertainty" in people's decision-making. The series includes skits such as Fielder building a life-sized replica of a trivia bar to help a man experience every possible outcome in the exact setting where he needed to confess a lie. The show inspired many memes and discussions on social media after its release, with many deeming it "gonzo comedy."

History

On June 25th, 2021, multiple TV news outlets like Deadline[1] and Variety[2] reported that HBO had greenlit an upcoming Nathan Fielder show called The Rehearsal. The official description of the show released by HBO was, "In a world where nothing seems to ever work out as you had hoped, Nathan Fielder gives people the opportunity to rehearse for their own lives." [2] The most viral tweet about the announcement was posted by Deadline's Twitter,[3] earning roughly 1,300 likes in one year.

On June 15th, 2022, Fielder posted a tweet[4] reading, "very soon," accompanied by an official trailer for his upcoming show. In one month, the video received roughly 1.4 million views and 34,600 likes (shown below). News outlets like Indie Wire[5] reported that the show's release date was July 15th, 2022.


On July 5th, 2022, Vulture[6] writer Lila Shapiro published an interview and article with Nathan Fielder about his show. On the same day, Fielder made the cover of New York Magazine[7] (shown below, left).


NE ORK F Featuring: LARRY WILMORE vs. the Networks And: MYHA'LA HERROLD Dominates Finance Bros Plus: BATTLE OF THE STREAMS: Josef Adalian's 2022 Power Ranking Showrunner Confidential An Issue About Television Netflix: Not Chill HOT CAT DAD ALERT! NATHAN FIELDER BARES The prince of cringe TV's TIPS AND TRICKS for making everybody SQUIRM.

Reception

On July 11th, 2022, specific news outlets and critics received access to The Rehearsal in order to give it reviews. Some of these included Metacritic,[8] The Toronto Star[9] and Indie Wire.[10] At first, Metacritic gave it a score of 89 and Indie Wire writer Ben Travers gave it an "A-."

On July 15th, 2022, Fielder tweeted, "My new show The Rehearsal begins tonight on HBO. Enjoy," earning roughly 37,900 likes in 12 days. Over 800 quote retweets [13] were posted after the show's release, most of them positive affirmations.

After July 15th, The Rehearsal accumulated more positive reviews. For instance, over the course of two weeks, The Rehearsal received a 94% audience and critic score on Rotten Tomatoes. [11] Top critic Randy Myers stated in his review, "It’s a frank, unorthodox look at ourselves, our obsession with reality TV stars and our relentless, often selfish desire to be that lone puppet master pulling all the strings and determining the fates of others."

Online Presence

Memes and reactions surfaced online after the show's release on July 15th, 2022. For instance, on July 15th, Twitter[14] user milobogardus joked about a promo photo that showed Fielder with a laptop strapped to his chest, earning over 780 likes in 12 days (shown below, left). On July 16th, 2022, Twitter[15] user listenupnerds joked about going on a first date at the fake "Alligator Lounge" featured the first episode of the show. The tweet received over 590 likes in 11 days (shown below, right).


getting a lot of scarsdale vibes from this @milobogardus you can tell just from this promo image that the new nathan fielder show has the goods 5:42 PM Jul 15, 2022. Twitter for Android THIS TABLE ... jay @listenupnerds what if we went on a first date at Nathan Fielder's Fake Alligator Lounge 1:38 PM Jul 16, 2022 Twitter for iPhone ● HBO

Tweets and memes about the show's first episode received more engagement going into the remainder of July 2022. For instance, Twitter[16] user CygnusArising tweeted a scene from the first episode where Nathan and the participant Core Skeet are walking around in Brooklyn as Fielder is teaching Skeet the answers to trivia questions without his knowledge. The video received roughly 84,100 views and 2,400 likes in 11 days (shown below).


Various Memes


pac-12 participant @equitybruin THE REHEARSAL episode 1: Nathan Fielder is a f------ weirdo, he's unhinged THE REHEARSAL episode 2: these people Nathan Fielder is helping are f------ weirdos and they're unhinged 1:15 AM Jul 23, 2022 Twitter for iPad ●●● ● 0 ec 0 I understand that. Sometimes you don't want to say anything, but you do want people to know you exist. jomi @jome_cc why go to therapy when nathan fielder and i could spend three months rehearsing a convoluted scheme to right an imagined slight i did six years ago to an acquaintance i barely talk to 11:13 AM. Jul 20, 2022 Twitter for iPhone ● FAKE TRICIA: Tricia? Oh, that's my daughter's name. COD atrophy wife @zuza_real nathan fielder: (explains his 3 month long sociopathic plan to the guest) guest: okay 1:14 PM Jul 19, 2022 · Twitter for iPhone 1,805 Retweets 39 Quote Tweets 37.2K Likes 616633-6013 sto 201 So, posing as the founder of the popular blog Thrifty Boy, minimum hag 7 Stock Gervaientures @pickleginger nathan fielder's commitment to the bit deserves an emmy THRIFTY BOY To our loyal Thrifty Boy readers... It is with great sadness that we announce Thrifty Boy is shutting down due to lack of funding. Across the industry, financial pressures have made it increasingly difficult to do good journalism. We are proud of what we have achieved in our short tenure and are incredibly grateful to our talented team of freelancers for making us a hub for thrifty New Yorkers. Thank you to all our loyal readers. We ask hat you please support other publications dedicated to providing information about free and cheap activities. Journalism is dying and we need to support it now more than ever. - The Thrifty Boy Team 12:00 AM Jul 19, 2022 Twitter Web App ... earch... tegori als ing ting Ar e Mone ngs To

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External References

[1] Deadline – Nathan Fielder Sets Up ‘The Rehearsal’ At HBO

[2] Variety – HBO Orders Nathan Fielder Series ‘The Rehearsal’

[3] Twitter – @DEADLINE

[4] Twitter – @nathanfielder

[5] Indie Wire – ‘The Rehearsal’: Nathan Fielder’s HBO Max Series Gets Release Date

[6] Vulture – Nathan Fielder Is Out of His Mind

[7] NY Mag – On the Cover of New York Magazine’s TV Issue: Nathan Fielder Bares All

[8] Twitter – @metacritic

[9] Twitter – @brofromanother

[10] Indie Wire – ‘The Rehearsal’ Review

[11] Rotten Tomatoes – The Rehearsal

[12] Twitter – @nathanfielder

[13] Twitter – @nathanfielder QTs

[14] Twitter – @milobogardus

[15] Twitter – @listenupnerds

[16] Twitter – @CygnusArising

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