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Cringe comedy is … a particular and special niche genre, and few people are doing it better than Tim Robinson, whose new original series on HBO is crushing streaming charts\u00a0and<\/em> earning rave reviews from critics.<\/p>\n Created by Robinson and his frequent collaborator Zach Kanin, the eight-episode series tackles a subject familiar to anyone who likes Robinson’s body of work (which we’ll circle back to later): a guy gets embarrassed in front of a crowd and, instead of just accepting it, doubles and triples down to prove that he wasn’t somehow “wrong.”\u00a0Not only is FlixPatrol<\/a> reporting that “The Chair Company” is crushing HBO Max’s charts, but over on Rotten Tomatoes<\/a>, the series boasts an incredible 100% rating with a critical consensus that declares, “Tim Robinson’s volcanic comedic ethos finds an ideal outlet in ‘The Chair Company,’ a descent into paranoia that finds huge laughs in deeply uncomfortable places.”<\/p>\n Individual critics really liked the series too! Looper’s sister site \/Film ran a review<\/a> by chief film critic Chris Evangelista, where he soundly praised the series by concluding, “What if an ‘I Think You Should Leave’ character suddenly stumbled into a film like ‘The Parallax View’ or ‘Three Days of the Condor?’ It might look something like ‘The Chair Company.'” Angie Han agreed at The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>, musing, “As with the rest of Robinson’s oeuvre, it’s a purposely uncomfortable experience, as likely to make you squirm as laugh. But those already turned onto his brand of weirdness are in for a bracing ride.” Brian Tallerico, writing for RogerEbert.com<\/a>, might have the funniest review:\u00a0“It’s a show that plays alternately like a mystery and a study of a man going insane. It might be both.” So what is “The Chair Company” about, really?<\/p>\n