Fat Actress Question.

**alexlannin** · 09-20-2005, 07:24 PM

Is it any good?

**PhilipClark** · 09-20-2005, 07:50 PM

It wasn't horrible. But it got cancelled after, like, 5 episodes.

The Kid Rock bits were funny. I also liked the Blossom episode.

**Kensington** · 09-21-2005, 12:18 AM

Originally Posted by DreamchildNYC

It wasn't horrible. But it got cancelled after, like, 5 episodes.

The Kid Rock bits were funny. I also liked the Blossom episode.

It may have been cancelled, insofar as no more episodes will be produced, but all six produced episodes did air. It was never intended to go longer, at least not right away.

I didn't care for the first episode and never looked back. It just seemed kind of sad and pathetic, which may not be the best combo for a comedy series.

**PhilipClark** · 09-21-2005, 04:12 AM

Originally Posted by Kensington

It may have been cancelled, insofar as no more episodes will be produced, but all six produced episodes did air. It was never intended to go longer, at least not right away.

I didn't care for the first episode and never looked back. It just seemed kind of sad and pathetic, which may not be the best combo for a comedy series.

That kind of how I feel about "The Comeback."

**BrianS** · 09-21-2005, 04:29 AM

It was fucking hysterical...

**Kensington** · 09-21-2005, 06:35 AM

Originally Posted by DreamchildNYC

That kind of how I feel about "The Comeback."

I felt that way about "the Comeback" at first, but by the end it was one of my favorite series of the Summer. The first six episodes, however, were really painful, partially because it wasn't clear yet exactly how this was going to work. All we had for the first few episodes was Lisa Kudrow acting obnoxious and delusional. But something happened halfway through. Once Valerie Cherish really seemed to grasp that she was in a bad situation and barely hanging on, it suddenly became possible to identify and empathize with her. And with that, it became special.

The final episode? Almost tragic. When Valerie learns that her show has been picked up for another season, the look on her face is amazing. She goes through such a range of emotions in a second: from absolute horror to elation to some mixture where she knows she's getting what she wants but she can't figure out whether it's worth it anymore but it doesn't matter because it's out of her hands because they've got her by the balls so she'll just have to make it work. Lisa Kudrow's performance is heartbreaking at times.

It was a gutsy role for her to take, and it paid off, creatively at least.

**PhilipClark** · 09-21-2005, 07:00 AM

Originally Posted by Kensington

I felt that way about "the Comeback" at first, but by the end it was one of my favorite series of the Summer. The first six episodes, however, were really painful, partially because it wasn't clear yet exactly how this was going to work. All we had for the first few episodes was Lisa Kudrow acting obnoxious and delusional. But something happened halfway through. Once Valerie Cherish really seemed to grasp that she was in a bad situation and barely hanging on, it suddenly became possible to identify and empathize with her. And with that, it became special.

The final episode? Almost tragic. When Valerie learns that her show has been picked up for another season, the look on her face is amazing. She goes through such a range of emotions in a second: from absolute horror to elation to some mixture where she knows she's getting what she wants but she can't figure out whether it's worth it anymore but it doesn't matter because it's out of her hands because they've got her by the balls so she'll just have to make it work. Lisa Kudrow's performance is heartbreaking at times.

It was a gutsy role for her to take, and it paid off, creatively at least.

I do agree with you on most points.

I love Lisa Kudrow, but I hated Valerie Cherish. Of course, that's probably the point.

But I'm sorely off topic.

**Kensington** · 09-21-2005, 07:12 AM

Originally Posted by DreamchildNYC

I do agree with you on most points.

I love Lisa Kudrow, but I hated Valerie Cherish. Of course, that's probably the point.

But I'm sorely off topic.

Topic shmopic. Go with what works!

If the point of "the Comeback" *had* just been to hate Valerie Cherish, I don't think it would have been successful. That's why I think it was great that they pretty much turned her into a tragic figure. Valerie Cherish was so desperate to be "it" again that she turned herself into a vomit-spewing freakshow in order to get there. It's almost a cautionary tale.

**Blake Sims** · 09-21-2005, 08:27 AM

I saw the first season of Fat Actress for like 15 bucks at Wal Mart is it worth it?
And I saw an episode of The Comeback where they go on vacation, it was funny enough.