Everything Greg Berlanti touches is gold. More on this in subsequent posts. But for now, Dirty Sexy Money.
Dirty Sexy Money was meant to reinvent the primetime soap. A modern Dynasty. Certainly, this has been done a thousand times, but we can forgive it. DSM has the perfect blend of O.C. self-aware humor, Desperate Housewives over-the-top plot twists, and Titans sprawling family intrigue.
(I promise that will be the last time I make a Titans reference. Does anyone remember that show?)
Anyway, Dirty Sexy Money. It's delicious. During the first season, Danielle and I watched it together each week, and yet she seems to remember about five minutes of it cumulatively. She doesn't remember a single storyline, which I guess is a symptom of watching a soap--every ridiculous thing runs together in a forgettable kind of way. But what I find more worrying is that she can only refer to the characters by the actors' names, and I'm pretty sure there are central characters she has no recollection of. It's...weird.
Here are some actual quotes pertaining to Dirty Sexy Money:
Danielle: "I forgot a Baldwin was in this show."
Valeah: "What's the main character's name? The lawyer?"
Danielle: "...Peter Krause?"
Valeah: "That actress is the woman Jeremy tried to seduce on Dirty Sexy Money. Remember, when he pretended to be poor, and parked her car, and pretended to be a starving artist and then later made out with Peter Krause's wife?*"
Danielle: "Uh...no. I have no idea what you're talking about. Who's Jeremy?"
Bottom line: Danielle is bad at watching TV. I am more trustworthy.
*I admit I have no idea what Peter Krause' character's name is either.
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