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That's right -- there's a new kid on the...blog. Leonard Koplitsky has been following McCallister and his presidential campaign around with a video camera. Though he works for the rival Adamson campaign, Leonard is quickly becoming intimate with the Walkers in ways you'll never see on Brothers & Sisters. And I mean that in the least salacious sense.
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"Dirty Sexy Money" premiere.
It's not even 6 minutes in yet. And already I am SO sick of slick, broadly-drawn, ultra-polished, high-concept shows. If there is such a thing as the OPPOSITE of personal filmmaking, pesonal storytelling, this is it (yes, it's all this - only 6 minutes in).
15 minutes in. Did Donald Sutherland just say, "Let me put my nuts on the table"...? This is not boding well. There's a very electronic, very synthetic music background thumping away...to jazz things up. Already I hate this thing. Give it a chance, Will. It's the first episode.
Peter Krause's character is talking to "Jeremy Darling"...who the writers want us to feel is delightfully eccentric. Oh god this f-ing background music; truly disspiriting. It's so relentlessly UPBEAT behind the story... which is itself so bland, slick, generic. And nondescript. The music is so desperately trying to SELL YOU a bill of goods, telling you how "hip" this conceptoion is, like those damned dancers at a Broadway show....who are always "ON".
OK. These are minutes I will never get back. Oh, look, Dan Rather is thrown into the mix (talking to William Baldwin, who has a transexual lover). This thing wants so badly to be a "Dynasty" or a "Dallas".... Oh f--k this damn music again. This thing is dead. Dead on arrival. The frenetic, LOUD musical score is a symptom of something. 46 minutes in. I can't make it through to the end. Sorry.
Posted by: will | September 26, 2007 at 10:50 PM
Hope the Season 1 premiere opens will a LARGE family dinner.... 360 degree tracking shot around the dining table "eavesdropping" on the various family members. Oh course Kevin & Kitty are fighting over something or other. Lots of food being passed around, NO AGENDA here, just ambience. Just witty, fresh, slightly "dysfunctional" sibling dialogue - like we all have at family gatherings.
EVERYBODY enjoys these meaningful "nothing" moments. ("nothing" as in no plot has to be advanced).
Posted by: will | September 27, 2007 at 03:09 PM
Will, I agree with you about "DSM." Not much to like there. "B&S," on the other hand, had compelling, interesting characters that I *liked* from the start. I know working on a show is such a group effort, and I hope the DSM folks find some success, but I don't think I'll be there to see it.
Posted by: John | September 29, 2007 at 03:37 PM
John: Hope this doesn't come across as too callous, but... I hope "Dirty Sexy Money" finds NO success & tanks quickly. Why clutter the airwaves with one more rotten show? That is a time slot that might actually be filled with "quality" entertainment (or, WHATEVER, I'm a pessimist, but at least something not so blatently rotten).
Posted by: will | October 01, 2007 at 03:57 PM
I really love Brothers & Sisters, the show has alot of heart, and really hits home on alot of the family issues...However, I seriously think you have crossed the line with the gay minister role. It doesnt enhance the show at all, it actually takes away from it.
Posted by: Tammy | October 03, 2007 at 12:52 PM
My husband and I have watched Brothers and Sisters since the beginning. We enjoy it very much but we are very offened with the homosexual protion of it and I am asking that it be removed. It ruins an otherwise very entertaining show.
Posted by: Kay Taylor | October 03, 2007 at 01:55 PM
Can you put the music guide back that you had last season?
Posted by: Jayce | October 06, 2007 at 04:01 PM
I love brothers and sisters, I cannot wait for Sundays, simply the best TV on. Sally Field is well, absolutley fantastic and angelic.
I think that the homosexual aspect of the show does not take away, it qualifies the value of humanity and family living. The show characterizes an awareness of acceptance.
Posted by: Troy | October 22, 2007 at 09:51 PM
Love the music! Love the show, thanks for creating a program that captures it's viewers.
Posted by: Anthony | October 22, 2007 at 09:53 PM
Who sang "Heavenly Days (Daze?)" on the episode that played October 28?
Posted by: john | October 28, 2007 at 09:17 PM
I have a question for the producers and/or other bloggers: What is the name of the original song of the show? Thanks!
Posted by: Song | November 11, 2007 at 07:28 PM
Well-After watching the 2 gay guys kiss--turned the channel and watching this show no more! Have young son in the house and very disappointed to see this. No problem talking about gay--just the kissing is a little much!
Posted by: Phil Toney | November 25, 2007 at 07:40 PM
I refuse to watch the good "friend" of Hugo Chavez on your show...what a disappointment for ABC to sink to the level of giving someone who probably has no other offers a job. Or was it Sally (peacenik) Field's idea? Is she a Chavez fan also?
Posted by: Betty Orr | February 10, 2008 at 08:00 PM
I love Dirty, Sexy Money and can't wait for it to return...soon I hope. The acting and writing are of an A+ level.
Posted by: Betty Orr | February 10, 2008 at 08:02 PM
I really hate the fact that are family t.v. show have to have so much gay right. I really like this show and I dvr it. I would like you to know that when it is going into the gay parts I fast forward them all. So that make me and my family have to wait until the show is over so we can view it. I really think its disgusting. I really like Sally Fields and thats why I started watching the show. I know my opinion won't matter so I guess I need to quit dvring the show. I just don't now why our tv show just can't think of values anymore instead of ratings. Thank you for at least reading this and maybe it will be will put a little thought into someones mind for awhile.
Posted by: angela medrano | February 13, 2008 at 05:15 PM