{"id":7660,"date":"2017-10-03T07:00:16","date_gmt":"2017-10-03T06:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/\/?p=7660"},"modified":"2017-10-03T07:00:16","modified_gmt":"2017-10-03T06:00:16","slug":"nathan-for-you-power-of-ambition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/nathan-for-you-power-of-ambition\/","title":{"rendered":"#TypesTuesday – Nathan For You and Power of Ambition"},"content":{"rendered":"

Types Tuesday<\/h3>\n

By Guest Contributor Oscar Harding<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Chances are, most European readers will have no idea what Nathan For You is. In fact, many Americans might not know it despite being on the Comedy Central channel. It is one of US TV’s best-kept secrets and also one of the funniest shows in years.<\/p>\n

It has just returned for its fourth and potentially final season, so now seems an excellent time to examine Nathan Fielder, perhaps the most quintessential Power of Ambition character currently on Television.<\/p>\n

A very brief summary of the show- similar to reality shows like\u00a0Kitchen Nightmares<\/em>, self-professed small business guru Nathan Fielder provides… innovative\u00a0<\/em>solutions to struggling entrepreneurs in California. The show is produced in a similar fashion to its televisual peers, but the businesses and people are all real and unaware the show is a joke.<\/p>\n

Canadian comedian Fielder plays the whole thing straight, forever deadpan as he suggests everything from a coffee shop turning into a legal parody of Starbucks, to a realtor claiming to specialise in haunted houses. Here is an example of his work- it really has to be seen to be believed:<\/p>\n