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#1 Happy Family USA Keeps Swinging
Ramy Youssef’s post-9/11 animated series throws punches in every direction on its way to an absurd, sneakily tragic cliffhanger.
A chaotic miasma of absurd situations, bawdy jokes, and tongue-in-cheek complaints about whether representation really matters,#1 Happy Family USA gets more critical of both its subjects and the country they live in with each installment until its resentments become an inferno scorching everything in its path, from the Husseins’ self-worth to America’s commitment to forever wars. Their two children are high-schooler Mona (Alia Shawkat), a star student planning to attend Harvard who is hiding her queerness from her parents, and middle-schooler Rumi (also voiced by Youssef), a dorky outsider so in love with his teacher Mrs. Malcolm (Mandy Moore) that he fantasizes about being the Vili Fualaau to her Mary Kay Letourneau. #1 Happy Family USA feels particularly punchy because it throws blows at everyone it can, from the system that allows for ethical collapse to the individuals who engage in it: Muslims who sold out to the model-minority fable, American government officials who urged brown people to turn against one another, any person who abandons their moral compass for material gain.
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