Comedy Central's Corporate proves just how talented Lance Reddick was. cm_crockford has more:
, but he sank his teeth into the weirdness ofand Adult Swim spots, clearly relishing the chance to show his over-the-top side to curious stoners surfing Xfinity. Nowhere was this more evident than in his role as Christian DeVille on the underrated Comedy Central seriesThe sitcom only aired from 2018 to 2020, and had at best pretty lousy ratings. But as a temp employee at the time, the first season ofwas like tasting a strong, solid beer after a crappy work day.
Speaking as a television nerd, I was also watching the series for Reddick’s performance. CEO of the evil conglomerate Hampton DeVille and boss to the show’s cowed main characters, Christian DeVille really does live up to his name. My friend once described the performance as “playing him as Judge Holden fromTo get a hold of the character, Reddick did research on similar corporate heads, including another Black businessman, Reginald Johnson, as well as, of course, psychopaths.
But compared to actual corporate sharks, Christian is as sinister and otherworldly as his Satanic namesake, an avatar of capital and constant acquisition who even knows how to wield a sword. Tech billionaires like Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk, dragging a sink into Twitter headquarters, have actively embarrassed themselves in public lately, incapable of not being whiny, awkward nerds when the chips are down.
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