This production was sued due to his plagiarism. He stole the idea from the Darren Ashton directed short film THE EXTRA. He was in fact encouraged by Village Roadshow at the time to collaborate with Ashton but he deftly just pinched an original idea and nicked it. Why would you watch a stand-up who plagiarises others' good work and denies the originator their dues ? All creative people work hard and to have some half unfunny twit think he can steal others' ideas is anathema. Skip this and skip all his work. Sneaky sneaky little
Plagiarist. You'd do well to pass this on for perpetuity. Mind you he's not as bad as Gervais.
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3 Reviews
The Newsroom
(2012–2014)
Melodrama
6 August 2012
So sad to see this show undermined by pithy romantic B-stories. The strength lies in the show's editorial charge to produce news that is factual and relevant, and not driven by ratings. Was Aaron Sorkin dumbed down by execs to ensure a romantic office subplot appear as relevant as the show's main thematic power points?
Casting is also questionable with a lead female who does not project what it takes to be EP on a cable news show.
Such a shame to see the show dabbling in almost teen melodrama, when soliloquy's like the opening monologue in Ep 3 are so powerful.
'Meh'.
Such I shame I can't say 'More'.
Casting is also questionable with a lead female who does not project what it takes to be EP on a cable news show.
Such a shame to see the show dabbling in almost teen melodrama, when soliloquy's like the opening monologue in Ep 3 are so powerful.
'Meh'.
Such I shame I can't say 'More'.
Bubble
(I) (2005)
Breaks all of the rules yet makes its own!
8 April 2006
If you've read the last 2 comments, go back, they're worth it... You'll understand that BUBBLE is in no way conventional. One viewer says that its techniques, brevity and non-Hollywood style made us disinterested in the characters and revelations. Another viewer said using non-actors, set in their own home town/work/life, electrified the film. I agree!~ This film is one of a kind. I sat there wondering "how did Soderburgh get those performances. How did he get the child to act. How did he brilliantly portray the mundanely of butt-town Ohio with such accuracy?" Like a Hemingway short story, the director has concisely and bravely made a film that resonates as loudly as its style plays softly.
No establishing crane shots, no dollies past the dollys, no soothing score (but the guitar strumming did little). Soderburgh has created a Campbells Soup, no frills, portrayal of what life is like in Trailerville, USA.
I cared. I really did. I felt thankful that I was in a cushy chair, drinking out of glass, instead of those awful supervise-me cups. And what about all the eating. I felt an uneasy relief that I wasn't there.
I was compelled at the appalling vacuum inside that bubble. And I understood why it popped.
See it.
No establishing crane shots, no dollies past the dollys, no soothing score (but the guitar strumming did little). Soderburgh has created a Campbells Soup, no frills, portrayal of what life is like in Trailerville, USA.
I cared. I really did. I felt thankful that I was in a cushy chair, drinking out of glass, instead of those awful supervise-me cups. And what about all the eating. I felt an uneasy relief that I wasn't there.
I was compelled at the appalling vacuum inside that bubble. And I understood why it popped.
See it.
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