Fantasmas review: Julio Torres’ new HBO show is an absurdist triumph

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Problemista's writer-director-star returns with a powerful rebuke to mid TV

Julio Torres’ off-kilter sense of humor demands that you leave logic and reason behind. Or rather, it reveals that logic and reason—or, say, bureaucracy and common sense, capitalism and corporate greed—are absurd ideas held together by the barest of glues.

Those notices are what eventually send Julio into a nightmare of a bureaucratic odyssey driven by his desire to find a lost diamond-encrusted oyster earring that finds him interacting with bored network executives, absentminded mental health professionals, droll customer service agents, and even an entrepreneurial ride-share driver who loves to kiki and only sometimes falls asleep while on the clock.

 

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First 'Fantasmas' Images - 'Problemista's Julio Torres Is on a New AdventureDiego Peralta is a News Writer and a Features Writer for Collider. He has also written for several other outlets, including BuzzFeed News, Geeks of Color and Film Inquiry. When he&039;s not watching The Last Jedi again, he&039;s looking for the best burger in town and the next movie that will become a fixation for him.
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