NotHardUp1
What? Me? Really?
It's been the day from hell, for reasons small and great, culminating in the near certainty that I will be forced to retain counsel and sue the county AFTER it causes my home to flood in the next heavy rain. That's another thread, and yes, I understand sovereign immunity and it doesn't exempt county officials.
But, this morning before sunrise, at the same moment I allowed my fingers to conflate "intervened" with "interviewed," and "pursuasion" with "persuasive" (a cat was present, for the record), I stumbled across a gem on AMC called "Lucky Hank." Having never seen a single episode of Breaking Bad, despite living in Albuquerque for a decade while the show was a big hit, I nonetheless thought I recognized some similar plot devices and nods at the genre.
The show also has some nuances reminiscent of So Help Me Todd. There are a number of anti-heroes. and flawed characters.
It is savvy, just cynical enough, but with enough complexity to draw in the thinking viewer. Flashes of real humor abound. I laughed out loud at the scene where the THIRD faculty member passes the protagonist in the hallway, doesn't speak, but gives him a knowing look. It was subtle but perfect and perfectly funny. And, although it does push the boundaries of disbelief, it does not include the absurd or the surreal as too many off-beat shows have done for decades.
If you're hungry for something amusing, smart, and vying to be your proxy voice of protest against the forces of madness, try it. If it's not to your liking, I tried.
But, this morning before sunrise, at the same moment I allowed my fingers to conflate "intervened" with "interviewed," and "pursuasion" with "persuasive" (a cat was present, for the record), I stumbled across a gem on AMC called "Lucky Hank." Having never seen a single episode of Breaking Bad, despite living in Albuquerque for a decade while the show was a big hit, I nonetheless thought I recognized some similar plot devices and nods at the genre.
The show also has some nuances reminiscent of So Help Me Todd. There are a number of anti-heroes. and flawed characters.
It is savvy, just cynical enough, but with enough complexity to draw in the thinking viewer. Flashes of real humor abound. I laughed out loud at the scene where the THIRD faculty member passes the protagonist in the hallway, doesn't speak, but gives him a knowing look. It was subtle but perfect and perfectly funny. And, although it does push the boundaries of disbelief, it does not include the absurd or the surreal as too many off-beat shows have done for decades.
If you're hungry for something amusing, smart, and vying to be your proxy voice of protest against the forces of madness, try it. If it's not to your liking, I tried.
