tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post1530602572400586769..comments2024-03-28T10:18:00.370-05:00Comments on Gentlemen of Leisure: Last Week in TV #37Austin Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-53385034987666886212013-06-15T12:26:05.157-05:002013-06-15T12:26:05.157-05:00@Blam: There is never going to be a short-cut to p...@Blam: <i>There is never going to be a short-cut to pledge hazing.</i><br /><br />That and the ease with which Finn convinced the two girls to go down the slip-n-slide topless stuck out to me the most. <br /><br /><i>I've been to see the show live, and while it gets a little earnest at the end it's still pretty awesome.</i><br /><br />I was, admittedly, dissing <i>Stomp!</i> a little. I saw the show live back in its heyday as well, but being a brass (specifically trumpet) guy rather than a percussion one, I wasn't blown away by it. I enjoyed it plenty, and appreciated the novelty of the idea and the skill with which it was executed, but didn't think it was the greatest thing ever. <br /><br />But then for awhile there in high school, at least in some of the geeky overlapping theater/band circles in which I ran, everyone wouldn't shut up about how cool and amazing and innovative <i>Stomp!</i> was, and even though I enjoyed it, I thought everyone was blowing it a bit out of proportion, thus giving me a skewed perspective on it (this also happened with the Blue Man group, another performance I saw, genuinely enjoyed and then started wondered why everyone was making such a big deal out of it). <br /><br /><i> "It's so cool to see Joel McHale playing Jeff looking like Jim Rash."</i><br /><br />Ha! I know what you mean - there were several times I was thinking the same thing, before a different part of my brain chimed in to remind me that's not how it works. <br /><br /><i>Somehow Jim Rash has managed to take the kind of character I always mention hating here — the Dean isn't so far removed from Chang in terms of being so out-there and affected and constantly "on" — and actually have him grow on me, so props for that too.</i><br /><br />Having finished the entirety of this very mixed, up-and-down season, I can say with confidence that the work Jim Rash did, as both the Dean on camera and as a writer, easily make him the MVP of the season. The Dean has always been hit-or-miss for me before this season, but he largely hit all season long, and grew on me too as a result. <br /><br /><i> "The only good things to come out of Scandinavia are Vikings and lutefisk."</i><br /><br />I could totally hear that in Nick Offerman's voice. :)<br /><br />Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-49802744708833237562013-06-08T23:07:12.206-05:002013-06-08T23:07:12.206-05:00Glee: Sweet Dreams
I want [Sue] written well, not...<br><b><i>Glee</i>: Sweet Dreams</b><br /><br /><i>I want [Sue] written well, not written out</i><br /><br />Amen.<br /><br /><i>Only in the World of </i>Glee<i>: Everything about Finn and Puck at college.</i><br /><br />Really. There is <i>never</i> going to be a short-cut to pledge hazing. Plus: Finn says they have "musical training" and the frat brother's go-to is "glee club"?!?<br /><br />I'm aware of being easily manipulated emotionally — even when it's really transparent — so that stuff with Rachel got to me.<br /><br /><b><i>Glee</i>: Lights Out</b><br /><br />"The Longest Time" is a fave of mine as well, but that rendition of "We Will Rock You" could totally win them regionals.<br /><br /><i>Just more proof of how the show isn't really capable of handling the issue.</i><br /><br />Yeah. Ditto to pretty much everything else, unless you were not only dissing the the idea that the kids were ignorant of <i>Stomp!</i> but dissing <i>Stomp!</i>. I've been to see the show live, and while it gets a little earnest at the end it's still pretty awesome. (I'm a percussion nerd.)<br /><br />Sue [to Blaine]: "Fact: If I hadn't mistaken you for a butch Israeli gal, I would never have let you in here."<br /><br /><b><i>Community</i>: Basic Human Anatomy</b><br /><br /><i>Rash does a pretty spot-on Joel McHale impression</i><br /><br />Yeah. Abed as Troy was good; Troy as Abed was better; the Dean as Jeff might've been the best. My rule for how well actors do in body-switching plots is having that semi-conscious part of my brain that doesn't realize it knows better complementing <i>the wrong actor</i> — that is, thinking not "Jim Rash is great at mimicking Joel McHale as Jeff" but, like, "It's so cool to see Joel McHale playing Jeff looking like Jim Rash."<br /><br />Somehow Jim Rash has managed to take the kind of character I always mention hating here — the Dean isn't so far removed from Chang in terms of being so out-there and affected and constantly "on" — and actually have him grow on me, so props for that too.<br /><br /><b><i>Parks and Recreation</i>: Are You Better Off?</b><br /><br />Not that this show is ever bad, really, but this was a good one.<br /><br /><i>Ron's having a baby (well, you know what I mean)</i><br /><br />Ten bucks says that we'll see Ron on a rant about Baby Bjorns. "The only good things to come out of Scandinavia are Vikings and lutefisk."<br /><br /><i>I completely fell for the bait-and-switch in the pregnancy plot, fully believing that April was pregnant.</i><br /><br />Same here. <br /><br />Andy: "My assistant has something she'd like to show you."<br />Ann: <i>"Partner."</i><br />Andy: "My assistant has something she'd like to show you, partner."<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.com