Review: Hulu’s 'Ramy' is a prime example of how a good dramedy can open up your world
Ramy Youssef plays Ramy Hassan, a 30-year-old man who lives at the New Jersey home of his Egyptian Palestinian immigrant parents, in “Ramy.” By Hank Stuever Hank Stuever TV critic Email Bio Follow TV critic April 18 at 12:20 PM The half-hour dramedy format, which began on premium cable and now populates the streaming networks, may well hold the solution to TV’s age-old Beaver Cleaver diversity problem.
It’s a 10-episode dramedy starring actor and comedian Ramy Youssef as a version of himself — Ramy Hassan, a 30-year-old man who lives at the New Jersey home of his Egyptian Palestinian immigrant parents while making an earnest effort to reconcile his Muslim faith with the everyday temptations of secular life.
In one obvious regard, “Ramy” is way overdue as a show that features Muslim characters — at least one that doesn’t also feature a ticking bomb and a crate full of assault rifles. Instead, “Ramy” is about as chill as a show can get, a personal family drama that is rich with inside humor about prejudices and culture clashes — with an acknowledgment that stereotypes can be wielded offensively as well as defensively.
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