Dan attempts to venture back into the dating world, but finds it more complicated than anticipated.Dan attempts to venture back into the dating world, but finds it more complicated than anticipated.Dan attempts to venture back into the dating world, but finds it more complicated than anticipated.
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- TriviaWhen Abby was looking for fish to purchase, she says one was named Zazzle. That similar to the name of one of Sheldon's cats (Zazzle) in an episode of "The Big Bang Theory", in which Melissa Rauch played Bernadette in.
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Hollow Version of the Original
So, I've been watching the Night Court reboot, having been a big fan of the original. A lot of things are misfires. For instance, it makes more sense for Dan to be the judge and for Harry's daughter to be the Markie Post-esque public defender. So far, that's exactly who her character acts like, with a few lines the writers seem to have lifted from Harry in the original series.
This is also a show that wants to have its cake and eat it, too. For instance, Dan's overt lust and sexism have been neutered, to the degree he now mostly serves as straight man for everyone else's jokes. But then the show doesn't go all in tonight.
Take tonight's joke on Dan. He thinks (of course) a woman is hitting on him when she then tells him (of course) she just wants directions somewhere. He then tells her he's having a bad day and she (sort of) blasts him for being a privileged, upper middle class White male (the implication being what problems could he have?) and putting Dan in his place. Sort of, because immediately after, she gushes about how she's really attracted to him and wants to ask him out.
So, what is it? The toxic, privileged White male used to getting what he wants in society and being smug about it or the privileged White male who is entitled to his privilege because women want him?
According to this milquetoast version, it's both.
The other characters are pretty poor drawn. One bailiff is round and has screaming blond hair, so I guess that's supposed to make anything she says funny. The other is a bony, pointy Anna Kendrick type, so I guess that's supposed to make anything she says funny. Another is an Asian beta male (because, you know, stereotypes), so I guess putting him down all the time is supposed to be funny.
The jokes are thin and the fact each episode seems like it's only about 17 minutes makes the show feels sandwiched between commercials. I don't know how long this show will last -- it seems like mediocrity in reboots like The Connors helps to guarantee that they stay on -- but this is a shell of the original. And that's sad, not funny.
This is also a show that wants to have its cake and eat it, too. For instance, Dan's overt lust and sexism have been neutered, to the degree he now mostly serves as straight man for everyone else's jokes. But then the show doesn't go all in tonight.
Take tonight's joke on Dan. He thinks (of course) a woman is hitting on him when she then tells him (of course) she just wants directions somewhere. He then tells her he's having a bad day and she (sort of) blasts him for being a privileged, upper middle class White male (the implication being what problems could he have?) and putting Dan in his place. Sort of, because immediately after, she gushes about how she's really attracted to him and wants to ask him out.
So, what is it? The toxic, privileged White male used to getting what he wants in society and being smug about it or the privileged White male who is entitled to his privilege because women want him?
According to this milquetoast version, it's both.
The other characters are pretty poor drawn. One bailiff is round and has screaming blond hair, so I guess that's supposed to make anything she says funny. The other is a bony, pointy Anna Kendrick type, so I guess that's supposed to make anything she says funny. Another is an Asian beta male (because, you know, stereotypes), so I guess putting him down all the time is supposed to be funny.
The jokes are thin and the fact each episode seems like it's only about 17 minutes makes the show feels sandwiched between commercials. I don't know how long this show will last -- it seems like mediocrity in reboots like The Connors helps to guarantee that they stay on -- but this is a shell of the original. And that's sad, not funny.
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- bkkaz
- Feb 1, 2023
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