Worst of all, this sinking ship has already been approved for a seventh season. It has gone from being one of the most entertaining things on television to being almost entirely unwatchable. So, in conclusion, Californication has jumped the shark in a massive way. We are absolutely terrified of where this storyline is going.but if it ends with Ophelia being seduced and realizing what she's been missing out on, we will be visiting the Showtime offices and slapping someone across the face. Because, apparently, even outspoken and intelligent female business owners who have been through two divorces can't equip themselves with such skills without the influence of a true man-hater. Since Ophelia has arrived on the scene, Marcy has learned to refuse drinks from men in bars and say no to sex. Ophelia started out in Episode 2 saying things like "Men are wild animals and they must be regarded as such." She graduated to "The penis is not only a disgusting appendage, it is also a deadly weapon," and descended, in Episode 5, to putting Marcy's ex-husband's penis in a torture-inducing male chastity device. Worst of all, there is now a side storyline developing in which Karen's best friend and Charlie's ex-wife, Marcy, has started following the teachings of a radical feminist named Ophelia (groan). And the aforementioned horny widow had an English accent so awful, we're pretty sure she learned it from watching Dick Van Dyke's chim-in-ee sweep-ah in Mary Poppins. The "British" rock star, Atticus Fetch, speaks with an Australian accent. This shit isn't funny, provocative or sexy - it's gratuitous and stupid, and it patronizes the viewers.Ĭalifornication is now so concerned with trying to outdo itself, it has stopped even paying attention to details. How many dicks have you sucked today?"Įpisode 3 hit a particular low when the widow of a recently deceased guitarist (played by Skid Row's Sebastian Bach, incidentally) gives Hank a blowjob behind a tombstone, having met him three seconds earlier. Then there's gorgeous gay movie star Robbie Mac, who started the season believably enough but now starts lunchtime conversations with questions like "Tell me, Charlie. The latest alluring lady, Faith, dislikes the word groupie, so considers herself a "band muse." Anyone who has ever been anywhere near a tour will tell you that no such thing exists (in reality, groupies are girls that get used for sex, kicked off the bus and laughed at by the band afterward). The side characters are no longer even vaguely believable. So what we're left with is a cartoon version of what TV people think rock stars are: an amped-up combination of '70s rock decadence and '80s metal sleaze - neither of which actually exist anymore. The problem with Season 6 is that it's moved on to rock stars - and the writers of the show clearly don't understand anything about musicians beyond lazy stereotypes. The Los Angeles setting has always allowed for flamboyant side characters - lunatic movie producers, lunatic record producers, porn stars, student strippers, nymphomaniac agents. With each passing year, things have been kicked up a notch, so now, six seasons in, the scenarios featured are so extreme they're no longer funny - merely cringe-inducing. So, what the hell has gone wrong?Ĭalifornication has always clung to a sense of humor that is absurd, extreme and, in a lot of ways, farcical - take the episode in Season 4 where a house party results in monkey murder and an autoerotic-asphyxiation death, or that time in Season 3 when all of the many women Hank was sleeping with wound up in his home at the same time. Showtime is currently halfway through airing Season 6 and, thus far, this thing has been awful to the point of embarrassing, at least 80 percent of the time. The show's had its ups and downs always, but remained pleasurably watchable throughout.that is, until now. Over five seasons, antihero Hank Moody (David Duchovny) has drunk and fucked his way through a series of Hollywood writing jobs, all the while anchored by his on/off soulmate, Karen sweet but cynical daughter, Becca and well-meaning best friend, Charlie. Honestly, when it started six years ago, Californication was provocative, ballsy and fun, with laugh-out-loud dialogue and plenty of smart musings about love, sex, family and responsibility.
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