The former SNL star plays a 14-year-old Persian boy in the painfully funny TBS comedy Chad.
The newTBSseriesChadstarsNasim Pedrad, a 39-year-old woman, as Ferydoon “Chad” Amani, a 14-year-old boy.
Oddly enough, that’s not the most interesting thing about the show.
Alexa Loo, Nasim Pedrad, and Jake Ryan in ‘Chad’.Liane Hentscher/TBS
It’s the first day of high school, and Chad is determined to be popular.
For him, that means downplaying, if not completely ignoring, his Persian heritage.
Like most of his lies, this one leads to disaster and an emotional meltdown.
“I just want to play video games with Peter,” Chad wails to his mom between sobs.
Each ofChad’s eight episodes is built around a similar juxtaposition of acute pathos and unbearable awkwardness.
“well, it’s full-body wince time.
Chadis undoubtedly weird, and decidedly less heartfelt than that other adults-playing-teens comedy,PEN15.
