Even though I enjoyed watching
Pushing Daisies, I think there's such a disconnect between
Pushing Daisies - the modest, not-altogether-successful show that I watched - and
Pushing Daisies - the amazing TV experience critics are talking about - that I find myself actively looking for flaws. Still, I have to say that whimsy becomes a lot less whimsical when it is deployed so elaborately and so deliberately.
It's certainly not perfect, and their whimsy seems a bit forced. I give them an A for effort though, because network television is typically so dismal that even an attempt at the unusual makes me smile.
ReplyDeleteI don't know. I mean, I certainly think there are lots of bad shows on network TV, but Daisies' main distinction seems to be that unlike most network shows it has a funky visual style and no pretense of realism/naturalism.
ReplyDeleteBut I am willing to give it the benefit of the doubt. Moonlighting took about a season to hit its stride, after all.
I have to say, it's the only network show that's got me tuning back in after about three weeks. I've already given up on all the rest.
ReplyDeleteI watched the first episode and have no desire to see it again. I mean, one hour is about all I ever need to see. It's just too much. To deliberate, to contrived, too silly. I can see how it might be entertaining for people with little imagination of their own though.
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