Saturday, October 07, 2023

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TV Show: Poker Face Pilot    

This is one of the best network TV shows I've seen in a long time. There is one tiny problem baked into the design. The show is for dudes. The lead is a sassy woman. The show will never be able to square the fact that dude-dudes won't tune in for the long haul to watch a sassy women. They'll watch a film with a sassy woman lead. But if given the choice of Justified vs. Poker Face (or even old school Miami Vice or Sopranos) - they will always opt for the dude in the lead.

So as excellent as the show is, it won't be a hit. Which squares perfectly with what Hollywood is right now - politically correct instead of a money maker.

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