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Pirate Shanty, simple in premise, is a classic sketch that stops short of the typical rape-y lyrics but instead offers "political correct" advice on how to respect women and their choices. Aside from the wonderful art direction

and songwriting, the bit works because of the inherent absurdity of genre-mixing at work. -Alternet

Negrotown is wildly ambitious, incredibly poignant, and a complete triumph. With its rich color palate of reds, blues and

yellows, decidedly 1950s Americana design, and painfully relevant inspiration,!Key & Peele!sets the scene for an alternative

world.!This is a masterpiece, plain and simple, and an explosive way to end the series.!

-Paste Magazine

The show continues to stick to making sure every sketch looks exactly like the thing it's parodying.

-HitFix

There's no question that!Key & Peele's writing and acting was some of the sharpest in the sketch game, but there are very few shows that pay as

close attention to detail as this one did. Tapping into the powers of set design, wardrobe, hair and makeup, editing, cinematography.

-Vox

Key & Peele eschews the haphazard whatever’s-in-the-costume-box approach in favor of a sleek, cinematic style. There are no fudged lines, crimes against drag, wobbling sets, or corpsing. Subjects are satirized by way of precise imitation—

you laugh harder because it looks like the real thing.! -The New Yorker

!Key & Peele!has always paid outstanding attention to detail, from the costuming and wigs of the many

characters its two central actors took on, to the cinematic approach to shooting its sketches, which

feel a universe apart from their roots in!Saturday Night Live, Monty Python, and others.!

-The Atlantic.

The sketches never feel simple or routine, partly because of the wit and subtlety of the writing but also because of the attention paid to!Costume and Production Design.

-The New York Times

I am proud to present our final Key & Peele design presentation and video reel after 5 seasons of wildly ambitious cinematic sketches.  So many of our sketches went viral and delighted fans of all ages…including President Obama and the First Lady!

It has been an honor for the art department to design and construct these sets in what has been a true collaborative effort with our muses Keegan Michael-Key and Jordan Peele. 

Thank you so much for your consideration in helping us to go out with a bang.     -Gary Kordan, Production Designer