Word: homeyness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...While the script is less than compelling, the acting is uniformly outstanding. Kuan's bumbling, over-the-hill father is spectacular. Hsu and Vietzen make Kerstin and Axel's affair believable, though their kissing scene is a bit frenetic. And as Knut, Franklin is downright bizarre in an appealing, homey...
...world of corporate politics can be brutal to people just starting out in the world. One law firm admitted that they only hire partners' children. One homey women's magazine (think Good Housekeeping, Redbook, etc.) almost hired Beth, but before they could call and offer the job, their evil corporation made them take someone else. "We really like you," the woman said on the phone, "We just had to take the vice president's niece...
Kessler's direction energizes the show. He times the characters' constant motion--entering, leaving, eveasdropping and climbing on the furniture--perfectly. And Ted Caplow's set, with its spoon display, cellar door and bowl of half eaten apples, creates a homey. insular environment...
...sound track serves up a luscious, Big-Band rendition of It's Been a Long, Long Time. On the screen, black-and-white photos dissolve one into another: soldiers coming home, couples embracing, homey shots from Main Street. "In the autumn of 1945," a female narrator intones, "America was invincible. The countertops at the soda fountain were still made of marble. Sodas cost a nickel. And Coke -- well, it only meant cola...
...charge may be valid, but is it fair to blame the sitcom? In fact, the format is the most durable, supple and, on occasion, artistically perfect one TV has ever invented. That 23-minute package has housed everything from the homey morality plays of Father Knows Best to the antiwar messages of M*A*S*H; from the social incisiveness of All in the Family to the scattershot farce of Police Squad! If the new TV season had another Sergeant Bilko or Mary Tyler Moore Show, critics would be cheering the revival of network TV, not lamenting its demise...