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(from FX's press release, November 2013) The series premiere of Chozen is set for Monday, January 13 at 10:30 PM ET/PT. Chozen is an animated comedy about its title character, "Chozen," a gay white rapper fresh out of prison. Armed with a new message, Chozen is on a quest for redemption and to claim his rightful position as the world's top rap artist. His music and lyrics take aim at the stereotypes of machismo and misogyny that is synonymous with rap music. And his new world view has been shaped by his time in prison. The voice cast features Bobby Moynihan, Hannibal Buress, Michael Pena, Nick Swardson, Kathryn Hahn, and Method Man. Grant Dekernion, who created Chozen, serves as Writer/Executive Producer of the series, and Tom Brady serves as Executive Producer/Showrunner. Danny McBride, Jody Hill, David Gordon Green, and Brandon James from Rough House Pictures (Eastbound & Down) are Executive Producers. Adam Reed and Matt Thompson of Floyd County Productions (Archer) are Executive Producers and their company will animate the series. FX has ordered 13 episodes of Chozen. The series is produced by FX Productions.

PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Bobby Moynihan
· Danny McBride
· Grant Dekernion
· Hannibal Buress
· Kathryn Hahn
· Method Man
· Michael Pena
· Nick Swardson

CREW INFORMATION:
· Adam Reed as EP
· Danny McBride as EP
· David Gordon Green as EP
· Grant Dekernion as CRTR/EP
· Jody Hill as EP
· Matt Thompson as EP

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Tom Creo

"Jazzmatazz for dat ass" had me fuckin' rollin'.

Abob Teff

Wow ... That was bad. I think I may be out after one episode. Not one laugh to be had.

spainlinx0

That was odd. I'll stick around to see how it develops. I'll admit though that I actually found the raps to be kind of catchy.

sven

Not very good.

PhantomStranger

I would have loved to hear the pitch that got this show greenlit.

shizawn

I'll probably stick with it for a couple more episodes, but yeah, it wasn't all that good.

PenguinJoe

Terrible show.

Brian Shannon

First time I have seen an ad for a show that has convinced me to NOT watch it.

slop101

I thought being from the people behind Archer, Chozen would at least be fun. I was wrong.

Dave99

Watched a few minutes of it because it was after archer. It was worse than a jump to conclusions mat.

dex14

So general consensus is this sucked? I didn't watch it yet...

Rob V

Paging Bald... this will be right up his alley

PhantomStranger

The idea behind the series is that a rapper like Eminem is gay, it then goes from there to involve ideas pulled from hip hop culture. I honestly have no idea what audience they are aiming for with this concept.

DWilson

Have to agree, despite the pedigree the ad alone was enough to make me steer clear of this one. It just seems like a one-episode idea in some other show.

TheStoicPaisano

I'll give it a couple more weeks. It's closer to eastbound and down than archer when it comes to the sophomoric humor, so keep that in the back of your mind. Nothing deep, but there are a few laughs to be had. Moynihan is way over the top but I like (for the first time ever) Danny McBride and Michael Peña's characters.

And somehow I'm aroused at seeing a topless, thong-wearing cartoon version of Kathryn Hahn.

Abob Teff

I didn't even see sophomoric humor ... Bondage mixed with feeding lunch meat to a girl in a PETA shirt? Just dumb.

It's nice to know I'm not off base. I thought I had missed something.

musick

hard

van der graaf

Like a gay white rapper in a penis patch.

madcougar

I actually thought it was hilarious. And that was AFTER I'd read more than a few of the comments in this thread. It's definitely very tongue in cheek stuff.

My only question is, was Chozen gay to begin with, or was he sucked into it?

spainlinx0

I think he was gay to begin with. In the beginning of the episode wasn't he telling a guy in the crowd how nice his shirt was while ignoring girls?

Giles

so now the 'c' word (no, not 'cancer') can be uttered on FX - wow! times a changing.

I liked it, but of course I like 'Brickleberry' too - so sue me.

sven

This was way worse than Brickleberry IMO.

Giles

it's not that it's 'worse' but 'lacking' for a premier first episode it didn't impress or leave an overall good impression - it felt like it wasn't even trying to grab or entice an audience - and who IS this geared towards anyways? gay white rappers? (that's an extreme minority of folk).

it's fascinating that some of these shows piss on the early Bakshi animated films of the 1970's in terms of shock value, explicitness and violence (this, Brickleberry, Drawn Together to name a few) - what animated shows can get away nowadays is really interesting (to his credit, Bakshi's films have better scripts and stories)

Abob Teff