Daniel D'Addario Chief TV Critic“Young Rock,” NBC’s new sitcom about the early days of Dwayne Johnson, can’t resist peeking into the future.
And there, the wrestler-turned-movie star is on the path to political glory.The show is mainly consumed with telling cute and likable stories about Johnson’s upbringing as a child and his coming into his own as a young man.
Like a comic spin on “This Is Us” with triceps presses instead of trauma, the show skips around three formative points in Johnson’s youth, then pivots into the future to show Johnson (playing himself) running for president in 2032 and telling his story to the voting public, in scenes set on an interview show or on the campaign trail.
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