"This is a show that can’t find a way to say no to anything or anyone anymore, it seems"
Deeper issue than that, I think. The series has a moldy old-school show biz smugness to it, ripe with the assumption we all just *love* the beloved people on screen absorbing our love. Our adoration (and willingness to overlook immoderation) is presup…
"This is a show that can’t find a way to say no to anything or anyone anymore, it seems"
Deeper issue than that, I think. The series has a moldy old-school show biz smugness to it, ripe with the assumption we all just *love* the beloved people on screen absorbing our love. Our adoration (and willingness to overlook immoderation) is presupposed.
The smug, alas, always slather thickly. It's what they do in this mad, mad, mad, mad world of ours.
I felt the same thing watching the latest season of The Bear. It feels like the actual narrative has started to get eclipsed by the show showing off how many celebrities, chefs, and celebrity chefs wanted to work with them.
MASH was the originator of the creatively ruinous selfconscious sense of HOW COOL WE ARE. Most really good showrunners actively eschew the impulse. But self-celebration can be a bit of a showbiz black hole….
"This is a show that can’t find a way to say no to anything or anyone anymore, it seems"
Deeper issue than that, I think. The series has a moldy old-school show biz smugness to it, ripe with the assumption we all just *love* the beloved people on screen absorbing our love. Our adoration (and willingness to overlook immoderation) is presupposed.
The smug, alas, always slather thickly. It's what they do in this mad, mad, mad, mad world of ours.
I felt the same thing watching the latest season of The Bear. It feels like the actual narrative has started to get eclipsed by the show showing off how many celebrities, chefs, and celebrity chefs wanted to work with them.
MASH was the originator of the creatively ruinous selfconscious sense of HOW COOL WE ARE. Most really good showrunners actively eschew the impulse. But self-celebration can be a bit of a showbiz black hole….