By Petr Navovy | TV | July 30, 2020 |
By Petr Navovy | TV | July 30, 2020 |
Netflix’s Down to Earth with Zac Efron is a strange show. In some ways it feels like a relic of the not too distant past, when travel shows could extol the wonderful diversity of the world and the kooky white ‘expat’ (immigrant) characters scattered throughout it among the various ‘locals’, all without addressing the existential doom inexorably approaching the planet from the then apparently unimaginable near future. They always took the form of some genial white man hopping from one ‘exotic’ locale to another, eating an overpriced version of local food and gawping bemusedly at ‘the natives’ and their strange ways. On the other hand, Down to Earth’s first episode closes with an allusion to the now quite possible extinction of our species. Which, I mean, it’s 2020. If you don’t address that at this point so some extent then you are the least subtle CIA plant there has ever been. It still has plenty of the all-pervasive colonising white lens that our media is so saturated with, but at least it doesn’t completely skirt around what is already the defining issue of our time. In my review of Down to Earth with Zac Efron I tried to grapple a bit with the two competing energies within the show: Issue and ego. Watching it you couldn’t help but often think, ‘What is the animus behind this thing?’ Is it the desire to spread a vital message, or the need to project one’s self out into the ether, to extend a brand? I will say again that I found Efron’s bro-y, earnest energy relatively positive, and his motivations seemed pure. Nevertheless, there are limitations to this kind of project. Celebrity may well amplify, but it also dilutes. Distracts.
Anyway to go completely against that message, here are all of Zac Efron’s outfits from Down to Earth with Zac Efron.
Applied To Be An Extra in The Lighthouse Without Reading The Script Bro
Cheeky Car Giggles Bro
Mind Blown By Science Bro
Mind Even More Blown By Science Bro
Faux Pas Around Some Sort Of Holy Man Bro
Stripped Back Sceptical Bro
Water Is A Public Utility Bro
That’s A Lot Of Parameters Bro
App Versus Divination Bro
The Outfit Is Nothing Without My Hat Bro
Sweat Wick Boat Bro
Wistful Voiceover Beach Bro
Rediscovering The Magic Of Carbs Bro
Glasses Against The Glare Of Science Bro
Affable Chinwag Bro
Orchard Bro
Lab Bro
Back To The Lab Bro
FreezeBro
Mind Blown By Food Science Bro
Hilton Rooftop Breathing Exercise Bro
Lonely Squat Bro
Lending A Helping Hand Bro
Milking Goats Confuses Me Too, Bro
We Do Rain Catchment Bro
Cream Bro
Sweat Wick Pier Bro
Big Plate Small Dish Bro
Aviators Bro
Beekeeping Bro
Beekeeping Bro 2
Politics And Particulars Bro
All Black Ensemble For Ecology Bro
Health And Safety Bro
It Has Most Definitely Expanded Clay And Crushed Brick Bro
London Trash Pick Up Bro
More London Trash Pick Up Bro
Frappe Bro
We Want Plates Bro
Nuff Said Bro
Strapped In Bro
Skater In The Jungle Bro
Steamed Efron Bro
Apt Face Of Concern Bro