Interesting observations. I have no basis on which to criticize this show, because I've never seen it. Several people I know love it, which would normally be enough to get me to watch it...except what I'd read of it gave me the creeps.
Did you ever watch "Absolutely Fabulous"? I enjoyed that show. It was savage, but in the end, it was comedy. I guess there was some talk about doing a U.S. version, but apparently it never went anywhere because the American showrunners kept wanting to make Eddie and Patsy have hearts of gold. The original show never even hinted at that. These were two fucked up, mean, hilarious people, all crunch, no ooey gooey center.
But for a drama, I can't handle a similar kind of emotional disconnection. I started watching that Denis Leary show, "Rescue Me", and about 15 minutes into it, I turned it off. There just wasn't anything I could hang on to. It was all brittle, acrid and jaggedy. I remember a scene (for one example) when Leary or somebody is yelling at a squad of firemen (during training) and calling them pussies. Is it realistic? I have no doubt. Does it need to be watched by moi? No.
Maybe it's post BtVS/AtS burnout, or maybe it's Abu Ghraib, or maybe it's just my brain misfiring, but I can't pay attention if the main theme is bleak isolation or mundane cruelty. Maybe I just don't appreciate realism.
I mean, I don't need things to be all pretty. I just saw "Million Dollar Baby", and I appreciate the heck out of that film. But I can't sit through the CSI franchise, or that "Nip/Tuck" series....
Okay, well, here's your LJ back. Sorry about the rantism.
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Date: 2005-02-17 01:02 am (UTC)Did you ever watch "Absolutely Fabulous"? I enjoyed that show. It was savage, but in the end, it was comedy. I guess there was some talk about doing a U.S. version, but apparently it never went anywhere because the American showrunners kept wanting to make Eddie and Patsy have hearts of gold. The original show never even hinted at that. These were two fucked up, mean, hilarious people, all crunch, no ooey gooey center.
But for a drama, I can't handle a similar kind of emotional disconnection. I started watching that Denis Leary show, "Rescue Me", and about 15 minutes into it, I turned it off. There just wasn't anything I could hang on to. It was all brittle, acrid and jaggedy. I remember a scene (for one example) when Leary or somebody is yelling at a squad of firemen (during training) and calling them pussies. Is it realistic? I have no doubt. Does it need to be watched by moi? No.
Maybe it's post BtVS/AtS burnout, or maybe it's Abu Ghraib, or maybe it's just my brain misfiring, but I can't pay attention if the main theme is bleak isolation or mundane cruelty. Maybe I just don't appreciate realism.
I mean, I don't need things to be all pretty. I just saw "Million Dollar Baby", and I appreciate the heck out of that film. But I can't sit through the CSI franchise, or that "Nip/Tuck" series....
Okay, well, here's your LJ back. Sorry about the rantism.