Don't let anyone try to tell you otherwise: The Sunday scaries are very real. It's that growing feeling of dread that seems to arise every Sunday around 5 p.m., when the looming arrival of yet another work week and its many tasks and to-do lists starts creeping to the front of your mind. There are several ways to chase that anticipatory anxiety away, from sleep hacks to bedroom resets, but our favorite tried-and-true method is finding something really great — and, importantly, very comforting — to watch in the hours leading up to bedtime.
And for this writer, that's "We Are Lady Parts," a feel-good but fiercely funny Peacock original about an all-female Muslim punk band in London as they navigate female friendships and make head-banging music all while defying cultural and religious expectations in their community.
Hilarious, heartwarming and high-energy, it's exactly the kind of show to watch when you want to kick off a new week on the right (and rocking) foot. Need more convincing? Here's why you should hit "play" on "We Are Lady Parts" when you feel those Sunday scaries start to creep up.
What is "We Are Lady Parts" about?
Created, written and directed by Nida Manzoor ("Polite Society"), "We Are Lady Parts" follows both the musical and personal highs and lows of the eponymous rock band Lady Parts – made up entirely of Muslim women in East London – told through the perspective of Amina Hussain (Anjana Vasan), a brilliant, 26-year-old microbiology PhD student who has been unexpectedly recruited to be the band's new lead guitarist.
Joining frontwoman-slash-halal butcher Saira (Sarah Impey), drummer-slash-Uber driver Ayesha (Juliette Motamed), bassist-slash-comic artist Bisma (Faith Omole) and wheeler-dealer manager Momtaz (Lucie Shorthouse), Amina is soon caught up between two worlds: the joyful anarchy of band life and the more strait-laced existence of her university friends, including her bestie Noor (Aiysha Hart). Will that existential angst fuel her creative genius or be the group's ruin?
Why should you stream "We Are Lady Parts" on Peacock?
"We Are Lady Parts" has only had two seasons so far (its first in 2021 and second in 2024, with no official word yet from Peacock on whether the riotous musical sitcom will continue for a third installment), but it's managed to deftly distinguish itself from other streaming comedies with the specificity and brazenness of its world. (What other sitcom features a group of underrepresented women singing songs titled "Nobody's Gonna Honour Kill My Sister But Me"?!)
Powered with equal parts ferocity and vulnerability — with jokes as memorable as guitar licks —you can't help but root for Lady Parts and the zany, determined gals who make up the band.
"What is particularly striking is how refreshingly cheerful it all is," Coco Kahn wrote in her The Guardian review. "The series is reminiscent of the Canadian sitcom 'Schitt's Creek' and the joy it spread for showing a same-sex couple without the constant terror of homophobia... 'We Are Lady Parts' does something that many diverse shows have not: it delivers on the potential of representation. In short, it actually is funny. And not in an "in-joke" way, but in the classic slapstick way of people falling over, and wry observations about the complexities of modern womanhood."
Through its two-season run, "We Are Lady Parts" drummed up plenty of critical acclaim, with the first season earning a perfect 100% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes for its "infectious energy, great songs, and a magnetic cast."
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