By TPerlGreat review of 'Friday Night Lights' here.
She summarizes the problem of trying to sell this show to our moronic masses:
"The show appears to be about football, potentially turning off plenty of possible viewers who aren't into sports. ...On top of that, the show actually focuses on far heavier and more complicated subject matter -- parenting, adultery, alcoholism, racism -- potentially turning off viewers who are into football."
The only thing that isn't dead on about this review is that the author called Smash a receiver instead of a running back - although she did admit that she isn't a football fan.
2 comments:
I'm a big Heather Havrilesky fan. She has written some brilliant stuff about Six Feet Under and Deadwood.
Generally, America has shitty tastes. You don't need to look further than each week's No. 1 movie or the top-rated TV shows and best-selling albums.
I'm torn between wishing FNL to continue for another season -- risking that it will be cancelled before a satisfying conclusion is reached -- and allowing it to exist as a single, perfect season available for posterity on DVD like so many other short-lived greats.
Either way, this has been a great ride and well worth the risk by the production team and NBC.
I think there are enough characters to care about to continue this show for a long time - I hope it sticks around.
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