‘Chillin Island’ Is A Vacation For Your Mind

No more than five minutes into a conversation with Alec Reinstein, Aleksey Weintraub, and Ashok “Dap” Kondabolu, they’re animatedly discussing the memory spans of different animals, recounting a news story about an elephant attack, and quoting lines from Mrs. Doubtfire in a goofy lilt (“It was a run-by fruiting!”) To talk with the three New York natives even briefly is to step into their freewheeling world: a place — or rather a state of mind — known as Chillin Island. Such is the basis (and the name) of the group’s off-kilter docu-comedy series, which premiered on HBO earlier this month…. Read Full Article