if you have not watched this show, you're doing something terribly wrong
The Shiny Shrimps is like inside a man's boxers: there are no real surprises but what is there is enjoyable.
A gay copy of France's successful Sink or Swim last year, The Shiny Shrimps is the story of a water polo team competing for the Gay Games. Based on a real water polo team, the good news is this film far outshines its trailer which angered me for feeding the stereotypes of the flamboyant gay man. Fortunately, the actual film is more balanced and while there are certainly gay stereotypes (it is a mass market comedy, after all), at least there's more than one type.
The Shiny Shrimps hits all the right notes even if it's the same old song and dance. You'll laugh out loud, identify with the characters and leave the cinema feeling good. What more can you ask for from a mainstream comedy?
And here begins my journey into Six Feet Under, one in a handful of television shows that I have prioritized as absolute must-see series. With no idea as to the quality of the show going forward and in particular episodes (knowing only that the series finale seems to be revered by everyone), I was astonished by this pilot. It's grim, it's emotionally invigorating and its so precisely funny in the black sense of the word 'comedy'.
It must be noted that I hardly ever really give an episode of television a '10' and this might just be the best first episode to a TV series I have seen topping the Twin Peaks pilot. I was simply that immersed into this episode. Characters are perfectly set up, the tone is perfectly established and the acting across the board is fantastic, namely Peter Krause and Michael C. Hall as the Fischer brothers.
This sadly was just not as good as I was expecting it to be. I was bored most of the time and probably wouldn't recommend it which is a shame because I really loved the previous part, (Death to 2020) but this was just a massive miss for me.
Great episode, love beard. Of course some aren’t going to get it, makes the show even better!
I liked this one very much. How amazing that such an episode exists in today’s big money shows? Especially when you only have 12 episodes a season.
I was not expecting that.
Talk about falling down a rabbit hole.
This brought back memories of two movies ("Into the Night" and "After Hours" both 1985 I believe), except, given my enhanced emotional attachment to the main characters in this show, It was much more real and immediate. But, like Halle Berry's character in, "Boomerang," said to Eddie Murphy, "Love should have brought you back last night."
Well, I for one, am glad he's finally gotten resolution on that issue. And, I'm glad it wasn't what I'd expected, which was a much darker trip into a dalliance (or worse) with the club drug scene.
EDIT: I'm so dense...Beard "After hours!" it's right there in the title...this was a fitting homage to the original film, and to coach Beard's story!
