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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
What a disappointing bunch of viewers the lot of you posters are! “John from Cincinnati” deserves a much better audience, but maybe even HBO viewers have been dumbed down beyond recognition as the Bush years take a toll on us all!
And Heather, if the only kind of story you can follow is one where your hand is held from point A to point B … geez … maybe you’re just not smart enough to be reviewing "John from Cincinnati." I’m “getting it,” and I’m not that smart … also not doing any drugs to “get it.”
The show is a terrific and unique piece of storytelling. I admit, even though I tried repeatedly, I never “got into” “Deadwood.” But I did immediately recognize the same Shakespearean flare in the writing, the love of the word, dialogue spun out in all sorts of interesting directions. So I figured it was the “Deadwood” writers before I knew it was.
But maybe I just match the HBO demographic exactly, because from “Six Feet Under” to “The Sopranos,” “Big Love,” “Carnaval,” “Entourage” and “Flight of the Conchords” … they all hit the mark for me as terrific work.
I hate to do a tit for tat, but some of the feedback is just stupid … too white? Give me a freakin’ break! This isn’t a documentary. Let an artist have his vision for god’s sake. What P.C. wagon are you riding? And not enough surfing? What show are you watching? I’m seeing surfing. Plus, can you follow the concept of using surfing as a theme?
I'm getting all pissed off just like Butchie!
And don’t be bagging on the kid! Does he come across as an actor’s actor? No. But he comes across as real kid, which I think is a terrifc stroke of casting genius. Ditto the casting genius on the rest of the cast as well.
So many unfair knocks, you folks! And how can you miss the sweetness & tenderness of tough chick Kai keeping the faith all the years for Butchie. And aren’t you curious where Mitch has been? And what he’s going to contribute when he gets back? And what about Butchie? Has he kicked the needle? And is Cissy going to forgive herself and stop being a shrew? Will the porn star marry the promoter, and will they both then find their redemption?
Hey, how can you not look forward to the potential for redemption for the Yost bunch? Isn’t that what a “Christ” story is all about?
Love the show!
Shithead comment of the year.
As to Ms. Havrilesky's question as to whether or not Academy members watch T.V. the answer is probably less than she does.
The Academy is made up of professionals in the field of television production, that's writers, actors, producers, soundpeople, makeup people, set construction people, essentially those that can, and thusly do.
As they say those who can do, those who cannot critique.
For acting nods (as well as some other categories) the votes of professionals in that field are weighted more heavily than those of academy members not in those fields. As such Actors have more of a vote in who is the best Actor on T.V. than say writers, directors or producers. The purpose of this is to avoid mediocre actors with fantastic writers and directors from receiving the acting award, when really it should go to the writer or director who set up the performance for the actor.
I do not watch 2 1/2 Men on any regular basis, though the few times I have watched it, it seemed a wacky sit com romp. Nothing to make me tune in every week, but enough to make me turn to it if nothing else is on, nothing about the show makes it unwatchable.
Now if I am to take Heathers assessment of the show, that it is absmaly written, then this can only raise the status of the comedic chops of the stars among other actors.
The Best Actor isn't the actor with great lines and a fantastic director, it is the actor who can take mediocre material and turn it in week after week as something to watch and entertain millions.
The more Ms. Havrilesky and her ilk deride the show itself, the more she makes the case that the Actors involved deserve special consideration by the academy.
The biggest insult and omission, in my not-so-humble opinion, is the total disregard for BATTLESTAR GALATICA.
BSG has continued, through its third season, to engage, stimulate and thrill the viewer's mind and heart. Actors Olmos and McDonnell lead a cast of splendid talent through a story that reflects our society's travails with war, terrorism, personal responsibilites and, yes, personal (very personal!) affairs of the heart.
I am so tired of the Emmy's consistent ignorance of the use of fantasy and science fiction to present commentaries on the "human condition" while engaging viewers in the lives and stories of characters as vital and as interesting as anything ever presented on television.
Such shows as BATTLESTAR GALATICA (and BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, another outstanding "genre" example) seem to be above the understanding of the the "great unwashed masses," who prefer to be coddled and soothed and titillated into tongue-hanging, saliva-dripping comas on their sofas while watching crap like DEAL OR NO DEAL or ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A FIFTH-GRADER...
Sadly, the Emmys continue to mirror this state.
It's crap.
It's obvious and tedious crap. The ridiculous dialogue is a masquerade for a random, simplistic and obvious set of contrivances that drive a story that is going nowhere. You might as well put a picture of a pile of dog shit on the screen with some horribly delivered dialogue over it. People love to think they are so intelligent by making something out to be more than it is and then saying they have discovered the truth of it all. This show is not that smart.
I gave it a chance there have been 7 episodes and it has become more meaningless with each one. On top of that they've now decided to write Mitch out of the show completely so they can add more goofy characters like Trixie and the harelip. The whole meeting with Luke Perry and his staff and Wonder Boy was just writer masturbation with all the jargon nonsence. This show will have 3 more episodes without anything coming together and then it won't be picked up for next season.
Ps all the surfing shots of Butchie were long lens faraway so I couldn't tell if it was him or a double so why did they need to cast non actors again?
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