Archive for February 2012
Growing Pain
So the tale of Doogie Howser, a boy genius practising medicine at the age of 16 hardly fits comfortably with Bochco’s traditional world of glitzy lawyers or tough cops. In that sense, it’s even odder than his infamous Dennis Potter-inspired musical drama Cop Rock which was at least set in Bochco’s usual milieu albeit a setting laced heavily with PCP.
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Horses for Courses
Things can only get better for Dustin Hoffman, as in episode one he’s clearly the least frightening gangster since Fat Sam in Bugsy Malone. His character in Marathon Man was more intimidating than Chester Bernstein. Chester Tate from Soap was a darker character.
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Nostalgia Isn't What It Used To Be
This on the other hand isn’t a conducted tour but a stroll in the woods, and even if it takes the occasional wrong turn, it’s a journey I got far more out of than if it had been planned to the last detail covering every point of interest briskly and efficiently. It isn’t perfect. And that’s what’s so right about it.
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The Good, the Bad and the Meh
David Jason is made up like Klaus Nomi, and everyone delivers their nonsense with RSC seriousness. I loved it.
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Strategic Penetration
…most famously of all Stars on Sunday, a nightmare of religiosity consisting of hymn requests and light entertainment presided over by the unctuous gargoyle Jess Yates
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