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Turns out Network was just a joke. Sidney Lumet, the director of that scathing satire of TV, has adapted his social-issues subject matter into a talky, intriguing, if spotty, series about New York City courts. The dialogue can be as heavyhanded as, well, a Sidney Lumet picture. But Alan Arkin is powerful yet subtle as a liberal judge under attack for setting free a petty crook who then kills a cop. Worth putting on your docket for a probationary period...
...lost and lonely Believing life was only A bitter, tragic joke Have found with you The meaning of existence O my love...
...didn't find the meaning of existence in Brazil. And I don't think life is a bitter tragic joke...
...Maybe life can be kind of a bitter, tragic joke...
They don't take themselves too seriously though. As a kind of self-mocking joke, they routinely perform a cover of Euro Trash Girl by the American rock band Cracker, a song satirizing expatriate life in Europe. "We're very excited about coming to America," says Murray-Leslie, sincerely. The feeling should be mutual...