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...Because I don't have 11 slots and can't make a damn decision. But also because these sitcoms deserve to be considered together (as I did in this feature in September). Both shows proved a network sitcom could be both good and popular. Each show had a distinctive voice: on Earl, that of a good-at-heart petty crook (Jason Lee) trying to make his life right, on Chris, the hard-edged nostalgia of narrator Chris Rock, looking back on his childhood in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. They share another, less fortunate attribute: neither show has developed its characters much...
...little as possible,” he recalls. “In fact, to do nothing.”At college, Simon ran a dramatic group called the Harvard Radio Workshop, “a dramatic group that depended on the kindness of the Harvard Crimson Network,” he says with a smirk, “which kindnesses were not always as kind as one would like.” The Crimson Network was a radio station affiliated with this newspaper during Simon’s college career, but the network and The Crimson severed ties in 1947.He...
...Your Mother”Led by Neil Patrick Harris and Jason Segel, this show shows a lot of promise. The writing is fresher than most of what you see these days, and it boasts a very appealing cast. Not great, but the best of the new network sitcom crop. 4. “Daisy Does America”Daisy Donovan’s “Ali G”-inspired journey across America is at times very funny, and already stands as the best original TBS show, which I suppose doesn’t say much. It?...
Things changed after 9/11. When the Fox Network's Bill O'Reilly had al-Arian on his show and questioned him about the FBI probe, al-Arian condemned the 9/11 attacks but affirmed his support for the intifadeh, the Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation--hardly a statement marking him as a terrorist. But U.S.F. president Judy Genshaft, buckling under pressure from conservative trustees, eventually fired al-Arian despite his being tenured. Congress had just passed the USA Patriot Act expanding federal powers to investigate terrorism suspects, which Attorney General John Ashcroft seized on as a tool to nail al-Arian...
...auto shop. Thus, the viewer is so focused on the action on-screen that he/she completely ignores the voice-over comments. And yet, even without abundant voice-over, the original “Gone in 60 Seconds” would be utterly confusing. The audience is plunged into a network of thirty-something men who talk too quickly and run around town looking for expensive sports cars to steal without adequate explanation. Sena’s remake was a complete overhaul of Halicki’s melodramatic original. Not only is the storyline linear and understandable, unlike Halicki?...