Wednesday, September 21, 2005

I was loving Gilmore Girls last year, but "Fight Face" irritated me too much. Too many secondary characters who never listen to anyone, doing things that no one would do on Friends because it's too forced and TV-esque. It's fine to be an hour sitcom, but sitcom characters have to behave plausibly or it's not funny. I hope it's just a momentary lapse, but I watched half the show with my eyes closed out of sheer embarrassment.

Rescue Me, on the other hand. I'm still catching up on last year, but as for not-nice lead characters, Tommy Gavin's a pretty good example. He's a selfish, reckless, violent, womanizing alcoholic. But human, and watchable. And, by the way, Denis: Jim Profit could take a lesson from him on how to hurt your enemies and get away with it.

9:36 PM

2 Comments:

But Alex, Tommy Gavin

By  DMc, at 1:04 AM  

Whoops....as I was saying...

Tommy Gavin is still a HERO.
He is one of NY's Bravest.
In the 2nd Season they explore this...

He still jumps into burning buildngs to save people, no matter what his shortcomings. It's no wonder you find things to admire in him, and no wonder you find him palatable. He may be a sonofabitch, but he still does something every day that you and I would probably never do.

Jim Profit is not a hero, not by any stretch...

..yet he's the protagonist of PROFIT.

...and that's the hurdle you can't get past.

By  DMc, at 1:06 AM  

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