‘Flatbush Misdemeanors’ Captures Brooklyn’s Comedic Range

*Ric Flair voice* I’m having a hard time sitting here trying not to be biased talking about Flatbush Misdemeanors when I saw and reviewed the greatness of it back when it was a web series in 2018. Fast forward to 2021, the creators, Kevin Iso and Dan Perlman, got their Flatbush Misdemeanors on Showtime, and there’s no way for me to not be hype about it. I got to check out a screener for the first episode and fell in love with the series all over again. Not only did they keep the same energy from the web-series, we see a lot of the cast from the web series with more extended roles. I’m really happy the creators got to keep the heart of what made this show so great to their tv show. You don’t get chemistry like this with just any set of cast, and it shows. Welcome to Flatbush Misdemeanors Flatbush Misdemeanor opens up right in the heart of Flatbush, Brooklyn. In the opener, I saw the street I live on and the very first scene of the show takes place at the school I walk past to get groceries. This. Is. Brooklyn. We see Dan Joseph (Dan Pearlman), a middle school teacher outside talking to the school security guard who is giving his friend Kevin (Kevin Iso) a hard time. Kevin/Kev is a painter working as a food delivery person dropping off Dan’s food, but the security guard is doing all of the most. Dan says that Kevin isn’t a threat, “He’s a struggling artist.” Kevin looks over at Dan and says, “Why are you saying struggling artist? You can just say artist.” Which leads to them g…