NBC's Young Rock is a new comedy caught between The Rock and a good show. To be clear, as with all things related to the Jumanji star and wrestling legend, The Rock is not a monolith.
There's Dwayne Johnson, who collaborated with Nahnatchka Khan and Jeff Chiang to develop what is often a rather lovely tribute to Johnson's hard-working parents and the values they instilled in him during his migratory, economically precarious childhood.
Then there's The Rock, beloved movie star and social media presence of such high wattage and near-universal likability that you can understand why all and sundry would be desperate to have him on-camera as much as possible in Young Rock— despite the fact that what might be best for the show's visibility turns.
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