Don't Trust Snakes: <i>Studio 60</i>: somewhat better

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Tuesday, February 06, 2007

Studio 60: somewhat better

Well, much to my surprise, they have managed to significantly improve Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip with two simple changes:

replacing all the awful attempts at sketch comedy with a few wisps of smoke and the occasional glancing reflection, creating the illusion that a sketch comedy show takes place somewhere in general vicinity of these characters, and that they are involved somehow

delivering the romantic payoff for Bradley Whitford's character in a matter of episodes instead of dragging it out for what seemed like longer than the Bartlet Administration could constitutionally have remained in power

The show still has a long way to go to save par, but it isn't the Ishtar-like embarrassment that it started out as.

Labels: Studio 60, television

1 Comments:

Anonymous said...: I've always been proud of the fact that I didn't think Ishtar was all that bad. I rather enjoyed it.....; February 10, 2007 8:11 PM