It is not at all strange to think that Dwayne Johnson will run for the presidency of the United States in 2032. By then he will already be a 60-year-old billionaire, with his championship belt engraved with his achievements as an athlete, actor, entertainer and one of the most beloved people in the United States, and if someone like Donald Trump can then why the hell can’t someone nice come too. All this does not make “Young Rock” a less strange television event, and what is even more strange is that we are already in the third season of the sitcom based on Johnson’s life, in which he plays himself in 2032 as a candidate for the presidency of the United States.
NBC (and its streaming service Peacock) renewed the series for a third season despite the low ratings of the second season (about 2.5 million viewers per episode), mainly because quite a few critics fell in love with it. It takes place on four different timelines, with the young “The Rock” playing three different actors who are located in 1982, 1987 and 1992 (and he himself tells the story backwards in 2032, as mentioned), and the way she goes back and jumps between them creates a trip A bittersweet feel-good of Eighties and Nineties nostalgia that is hard to resist. It’s like “The Magic Years” only with beats, or like “Everybody Hates Chris” but when everybody loves Dwayne.
Indeed, “Young Rock” turns out in its third season to be a rather underrated sitcom. It’s pleasantly and unpretentiously entertaining, it’s well written and produced, and as a special bonus it’s all one big tribute of love to the great WWE legends. Dwayne Johnson was one of the greatest, of course, but his father, Rocky Johnson, was also a superstar wrestler, and he raised his son alongside the WrestleMania greats of all time and even put him in the ring when he was ten years old, so on the screen there is a celebration of References and guest appearances for fans of the genre, without interfering with the main axes of the plot. Pretty fun TV overall. Much more than “the intern”.
>> “Young Rock” is broadcast in Israel on yes TV Comedy every Friday at 14:35
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