Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya is a writer and television critic living in Brooklyn. She is a staff writer for Autostraddle, and she wrote and co-created the super gay webseries Sidetrack.

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'Son of Zorn' Needs to Stop Half-Assing Its Animated Jokes

The holiday episode, “The War On Grafelnik," proved the show needs to be let off the leash.

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'Son Of Zorn' Finally Forces Zorn to Face the Music 

"Return of the Drinking Buddy" promises to finally hold Zorn accountable for being an asshole.

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'Son of Zorn' Is Too Hard to Watch After the Election

Not even Sarah Koenig of 'Serial' could save the Thanksgiving episode.

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The 'Son of Zorn' Isn't on Zorn's Side

'Son of Zorn' finally gave us emotional depth in Zorn, but only to remind us it doesn't really matter.

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'Son of Zorn' Strives for Black-ish Comedy

The FOX sitcom wants to be a harsh, satirical take on otherness. It isn't.

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'Son of Zorn' Does Some Drunk World Building

Finally, the show is creating a landscape in which its jokes make sense.

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Can a TV Show Teach Our Kids Zephyrian Values?

The biggest problem with 'Son of Zorn' is its ludicrous main character's refusal to get out of the spotlight.

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'Son of Zorn' Wimps Out, Avoids the Good Fight

What if the Defender of Zephyria is just Sterling Archer without the insight?

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'Son of Zorn' is All Style, Not Enough Substance

The premiere episode of 'Son of Zorn' has a unique look but falls into typical sitcom trappings.

By Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya