http://www.slate.com/id/2151608
There's Mark content, which makes it relevant, but mostly I just wanna
post here because there's no Studio 60 newsgroup and I really LIKE this
show, although I tend to agree with the article's *****sment of its
flaws.
Mark content:
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Sorkin's already hired SNL and Kids in the Hall vet Mark McKinney to
oversee Studio 60's sketch comedy, and it's unclear how much McKinney
has contributed thus far. But maybe Sorkin should give McKinney more
control over the sketches. It's telling that of all the Studio 60 skits
we've seen, the only one that made me laugh was a brief midmontage
glimpse of a sketch skewering overenthusiastic Tiger Woods fans. Two
loudly dressed golf aficionados, one skinny, one fat, stand in the
gallery making fools of themselves. "Get in the hole!" hollers the fat
one, and I admit it: I cracked up. On SNL, that sketch would have
gotten stale halfway through its eight minutes. But Aaron Sorkin has a
golden op****tunity on Studio 60-he doesn't have to fill 90 minutes a
week with laughs. So, if McKinney can help him come up with 10 minutes
of good material a week, the show will improve.
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Mostly, I think the problem with the show boils down to two issues:
1. The sketches in the show-within-a-show are painfully unfunny.
2. The blonde who plays Harriet (I forget her name) is horribly
miscast, in my opinion.
Talking to myself,
Tavie
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