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...goofy dancing turns Matt’s serious Simon and Garfunkel rendition into a shtick. The incident defines the characters too, who haven’t much outlived that immaturity, and the play itself, whose humor could be likened to that of a very good TV sitcom: not brilliant, not incredibly sophisticated, but—considering the big gimmicks here, this is significant—not the kind that depends on cheap tricks either. And, Matt and Ben aside, perhaps the same should be said for the real Matt...
America probably had a different reaction. Namely, Arrested what? It's not that the sitcom has lacked for publicity. The story of the eccentric, wealthy Bluth family, thrown into chaos when the sEC investigates the Bluth house-building business, was singled out by the New York Times as the show that might "save the sitcom." But all the plaudits may have convinced people only that the show was another critic's darling that would be too much work to watch. "People talk about it in such reverent terms," says Fox entertainment president Gail Berman. "I say it's just funny...
...risky to try reading the minds of Parker and Stone. But having mocked the President in the live-action family sitcom That's My Bush!, they seem now to be sharing his vision. The jokes about a paramilitary force that destroys countries it wants to save are a lot less bilious than the ones aimed at the lefty actors...
Kaling and Withers have since moved on to develop a sitcom for the WB (“It should be called ‘We have no money, and we’re miserable because we have no jobs or boyfriends,’” quips Kaling). They’ve been succeeded by a pair of native New Yorkers, Jennifer Morris (Matt) and Quincy Tyler Bernstine (Ben), who met while studying theater at the University of California, San Diego. Both were called back after auditioning and, miraculously, both were cast...
Housewives earns points for pushing the network TV envelope. Its dark comedic overtones are a welcome change from the usual saccharine sitcom slop, and the plotlines—mostly concerning the desperations and desires of a group of wealthy suburban mothers—are clever and engaging. Despite its flaws, the show’s mix of quirk and charm makes it (for now) the best primetime soap this side of premium cable...