A Bit More Than Six Feet Under
by matt at 6:00 am on August 2nd, 2004 in Entertainment
It occurs to me that there may be some people who still watch Six Feet Under for reasons other than the fact that it is on between reruns of The Wire and Da Ali G Show, and I have this to say to you: You should be ashamed of yourselves. It escapes me how anyone who appreciates the fine writing on this site could also enjoy the pretentious nonsense pouring from the mouths of the characters on Six Feet Under. I haven’t heard this much psychobabble since I last spoke with my ex. And her act was a touch more believable.
It’s like the writers died a few years back, and rather than cancel the show, they’ve been using the Plot-o-Matic to fill 55 minutes each week. Seriously, I’ve lost IQ points the last three weeks just from watching this drivel. The only way to make this show any worse would be to replace one of the characters with Ashlee Simpson.
My recommendation to HBO: Give Borat his own show ASAP.
jamie wrote:
i see this as “jamie-baiting” as just last week matt and i discussed my love for six feet. . .i mean seriously, matt, you may call it psychobabble, but the rest of it call it GREAT. half the country is in therapy - 90% of new york is in therapy (i have no actual figures on this) and we appreciate a show that takes on pain so honsestly. i know i can’t change your mind, and you can dislike any show you want, but that doesn’t make the rest of us stupid. i WILL NOt be ashamed. ppppthththththbbbbthththth!!!!!!!!
Posted 02 Aug 2004 at 5:26 am ¶
matt wrote:
Paranoid?
More than half the country likes sports, but that doesn’t mean that a poorly acted, poorly written show about what takes place when football referees huddle to discuss a call would be considered a good show.
Honest depiction of pain? How about the pain it inflicts on people who have just watched an hour of the finest TV show on the air, and are too tired to change the channel?
And while it may not make you stupid, it betrays a lapse in taste for sure.
Posted 02 Aug 2004 at 7:53 am ¶
jamie wrote:
poorly acted, poorly written? you’ve got to be kidding me!!! we must be watching two different shows.
Posted 02 Aug 2004 at 8:23 am ¶
tom wrote:
the episode 2 weeks ago came perilously close to jumping the shark. i must admit this season in particular has lots of seemingly irrelevant things happening that are turning into big plot points yet dont really do anything for the characters. im getting concerned. however, all the seasons before this were still well written.
Posted 02 Aug 2004 at 8:59 am ¶
Joel wrote:
Six Feet Under is pretentious only when Claire and her art school friends are around…that is, it’s a pretentious quality that is necessary to shape those characters.
I think the acting’s fine, but the melodramatic story arcs for each character are veering into Lars Von Trier territory (not a compliment): let’s shove this character through a narrative meatgrinder and call it “real”. Take a look at what Nate alone has endured: Dating a certifiable nut, finding out you’ve got a daughter, marrying too quickly, losing that wife, getting BRAIN CANCER…sheesh. And it’s Tony Soprano who needs therapy?!
Posted 04 Aug 2004 at 12:15 pm ¶
Nathan wrote:
Nothing has destroyed my faith in artists and their ability to succeed than seeing the Ashlee Simpson show. If you watch that show, you certainly also watch Elimidate, 5th Wheel and every other show that destroys my confidence. I don’t think art is a zero-sum game, but Ashlee Simpson is probably stopping some legitimate musician from succeeding, and should be punished for it. If her sister weren’t a no-talent hack with huge boobs who happened to get on TV and radio, Ashlee would be the fluffer on a porn set.
Posted 04 Aug 2004 at 12:31 pm ¶
matt wrote:
Fluffer: The perfect job for her. Except that she has quite the opposite effect on me…
Posted 04 Aug 2004 at 12:40 pm ¶