Studio 60 (mostly a rant)

[mamadeb]

I have no intentions of watching next week's episode, of course, since I never watch Christmas-themed episodes in December, but I wonder if I'm going to watch any other episode. Surely my time would be better spent just watching Heroes in its entirety. After all, Heroes is actually good.

There was so much bad about this last episode. Just so much.

1. If there's a virus epidemic going on in the building, why would the network allow them to go on and infect a live audience?
2. If a hostage situation has just ended in blood and bullets, why wasn't the show pre-empted for, oh, NEWS?
3. A sketch about hostages is in very bad taste while there is an ongoing hostage situation, even if it didn't end in blood and bullets.
4. Harriet is supposedly a talented comedian. If she weren't, she wouldn't be allowed in the Falstaff Society (one assumes.) She can tell jokes with set-ups and punchlines. We know that because she does thenews, which is essentially a series of set-ups and punchlines. No matter how much Sorkin dislikes Kristin Chenoweth (who does not do that sort of humor, I assume), there's only so much he can graft onto Harriet.
4b. There is a rule about ethnic humor. This rule is that only members of an ethnic group can tell ethnic jokes. Harriet telling a Jewish joke breaks that rule. Yes, there are exceptions - mainly comedians like Mencia, because ethnic jokes are his entire shtick - plus he makes fun of his own group as much or more, he makes fun of stupid people even more than that *and* he stears clear of religion. And that is NOT Harriet's shtick. And then she tells it badly, which makes it either a joke against women or about whitebread comics, which makes it offensive on an entirely different level.
5. Jordan's pregnancy makes very little sense, but Jordan makes very little sense. And, wow. Pregnant women are hormonal so they can't make good choices when they talk to interviewers. If she can't do that, then she surely can't run a network.
6.Spitting at the only healthy member of the cast? Mean, much?

This show is getting less and less watchable. As I said, next week is already gone. TVland is getting pretty darn annoying as it is without me voluntarily watching the programming that tells me something is wrong with me because I lack "Christmas spirit". The question remains about the weeks that follow that.

Comments

[brak666.livejournal.com]

So many things annoyed me about this episode. Once again we treated to Sorkin's internet snobbery which is always fun. Matt should've known better than to give Harriet that joke. Not just because he should've been aware of the issues it would generate if she actually told it in public, but because he knew she couldn't tell it. Also, Jordan couldn't take the B-12 shot because she's pregnant but drinking hard liquor right out the bottle a moment before was ok?

You know, I never noticed the similarities between Harriet and Krisin Chenoweth until you said that, but it is now completely obvious. Do I want to know why Sorkin doesn't like her?

[mamadeb.livejournal.com]

Sorkin and Chenoweth dated for awhile.

BTW, why would B-12 be bad for pregnant women? Would it hurt the fetus?

And, yes, there's the internet snobbery.

I kept yelling - you have Dilbert27's email. Email him.

[brak666.livejournal.com]

Sorkin and Chenoweth dated for awhile.

Wow. That makes even less sense than Matt and Harry.

Anyway. I can't think of any reason why a pregnant woman couldn't take a B12 shot (aka Folic Acid). The injectable preparation contains a minute amount of Cyanide so really paranoid pregnant women might not want to take it. I checked some sites on the web since I mostly deal with the elderly and don't have to consider pregnancy when giving out shots. All the sites I could find either said that pregnant women could use the product as directed or to check with their doctor first.

[mamadeb.livejournal.com]

I did some googling, too and I found sites that recommended B12 shots for pregnant women with anemia or who were vegans. Which says that this entire episode makes no sense.

They apparently had a bad breakup - and no kidding.

[brak666.livejournal.com]

So am I supposed to not be liking Harriet then? Because honestly she's one of the few characters I actually enjoy.

[mamadeb.livejournal.com]

I'm... not sure. She's usually smart and funny, unless she's stupidly out of character for some reason.

[jonbaker.livejournal.com]

>dilbert27's email

Not necessarily. Most blogs don't force you to leave a publicly-visible email address. Which means it's up to the blog owner, if even he leaves a publicly-visible email address, to allow you to know who it is. And even then, people can post anonymously, with only an IP address logged. With multi-user systems, firewalls, dynamic IP assignment, etc. it can be very difficult to link the IP address back to a physical user.

[darthfox.livejournal.com]

I also assumed she was drinking vodka at first, but then it seemed the bottle was actually a bottle of water.

Not, obv., that that makes the rest of the episode better. I'm just sayin. :-)