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They Gave Luis Guzman A TV Series on Fox!! All Bow Down!!
SPOILER ALERT !!
I always thought it would be fun to cast Luis Guzman as a vampire in “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” or “Angel,” because he’d look pretty much the same in human- and vamp-face.
Behold everyone’s favorite Puerto Rican thespian not named Jennifer as he squanders the goodwill garnered in “The Adventures of Pluto Nash,” “Anger Management” and “Dumb and Dumberer” -- in the service of a tawdry Fox sitcom!
TV Guide says:
TV Guide says:
As tasteless as week-old crullers, Luis is a melting pot of cring-inducing ethnic ciches. Guzman, a fine character actor, is not a natural comedian. He launches every lame joke as if it were a weapon. This isn’t funny, it’s frightening.
The Hollywood Reporter says:
Nothing in the premiere … indicates that {Guzman’s] ready yet to shoulder star billing. To be fair, Guzman might be fine if given the opportunity to play a more textured character instead of the perpetually angry proprietor of a Spanish Harlem doughnut shop.
Variety says:
Advocacy groups pushing for more Latinos on TV may hang their heads after watching "Luis." Fox's laffer indeed puts a Puerto Riqueno front and center, but the show pastes together every possible cliche at the expense of sophistication and, more seriously, the advancement of minorities on series television. Weak punchlines come fast and furious, and so do plenty of off-color jokes that take this half-hour in the wrong direction.
Entertainment Weekly gives it a C- and says:
You loved him in ''Traffic.'' You feared him in ''Oz.'' Now you'll feel mildly annoyed by him in his own sitcom. … Like ''Whoopi,'' ''Luis'' traffics in the season's most odious cliche: a white character who acts ''black'' (blame it on ''Bringing Down the House'').
USA Today gives it one star (out of four) and says:
… horrific … Loud, loathsome 'Luis' misfires … Guzman seems to think the key to sitcom stardom is to shoot out every line and hammer every gesture. Your reaction isn't to laugh, it's to duck.
8:30 p.m. Friday. Fox.
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Met him once at Logan Airport. He was a nice guy and I usually love him in any movie he's in. This, however....
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Guzman is one of the best character actors out there. Any time he's in a movie, that film is that much better. Hoping this show tanks big time so he can do what he does best
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It had to be said.
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Sep 19, 2003 1:10:56 AM CDT
"I swear on my dead relatives - and even on the ones who are not
by i hate movies
What this show needs is Luis Guzman as a sidekick.
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Sep 19, 2003 1:48:27 AM CDT
Yes, back to the movies with him! Pluto Nash II! Anger Managem
by hercules
It's time we stopping laughing AT him, and starting laughing WITH him again!
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But it is on FOX! THAT'S RIGHT....BOW DOWN AND THROW UP!!!! WAY TO GO FOX! AN ETHNIC MAN WHO RUNS A BUSINESS WHO HAS A COLLECTION OF ODD FRIENDS WHO CRACK BAD ONE LINERS AND NO PLOT LINES!!!! WOO HOO!!! THE BEST SHOW TO HIT THE AIRWAVES ALONG WITH TWO AND A HALF MEN OVER AT CBS!!!!! BRING BACK BABY BOB!!!! BRING BACK BABY BOB!!!! I HAVE A BRAIN CELL LEFT!!! YOU STILL HAVEN;T KILLED IT YET!!....And thus, I have yawned! - - - George, The 7th Chicken!!!!
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He was cool. Seemed kind of out of place though in that movie. I guess if The Count Of Monte Cristo needed a gun or some crack he would have made sense.
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This is Fox remember? It'll be cancelled within a few episodes. Fuck Fox!
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Why are the links to the main web page instead of directly to the reviews? And it's kind of pointless to link to Variety or Entertainment Weekly's sites too, because they both require subscription. Oh yeah, Guzman rules.
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Sep 19, 2003 11:58:59 AM CDT
I just do NOT understand all this worship of Luis Guzman here at
by wardog
But I won't put down the actor. He's pretty damned good in the few roles I've seen him play. Sadly, this probably won't help his career. I predict this show will be axed before the season finishes, same as Whoopi. They're like the reverse of All in the Family and many Americans just won't stand for that and go off bitching and boycotting,; the rest will just not bother.
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Leave Luis alone, man. He's great a character actor that I first saw in NYPD in the 1st season (the only season I ever watched). Why should not he grab the bucks while it's offered? Gee, is George Lopez soooo much better? It'll probably tank, but he get some greens, some more exposure. I bet the the people ragging on this show- are secret Ned&Stacey fans.
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Or something like it FOX cancelled FUTURAMA? FUCK FOX. FUCK THEM IN THE ASS WITH A STOLEN DICK!!!!
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Sep 19, 2003 3:25:09 PM CDT
How are the cliche's and stereotypes any different than the Geor
by 007-11
They're always throwing ethnic put-downs left and right on that show. Yet no one says anything about that.
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Sep 19, 2003 5:03:17 PM CDT
FUCK FOX...........................................COUNT OF MONT
by t-mack 1.01
God damn. First they cancel Andy Richtor, then they order up a second Joe Millionaire, and they move Wanda Sykes to Friday.
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HE WAS IN TRAFFIC!!!
MARKY MARK DOFFED HIS PANTS, IN BOOGIE NIGHTS-LAND, PUSH ASIDE THAT ANACONDA, ITS LUIS GUZMAN!!! HE CAUSED TROUBLE, IN CARLITO'S WAY, AND HE PLAYED HIMSELF IN MAGNOLIA, OPPOSITE FROG RAIN!!! -
"this guy is a fantastic dramatic actor, let's see how he'll handle a lame ass sitcom". about as strange as the whole "cast comedians in action movies" fad that's been going on since the mid 80's.
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Sep 19, 2003 10:01:11 PM CDT
I watched this show tonight, didn't like it. Wanda At Large thou
by sexybeast
Luis the show had just poor timing on all the jokes. The white guy layabout painter has a horrible voice. Luis also squels everything. The jokes weren't really funny. And the white guy acting black that Entertainment cited is not that sterotype, the white guy is more like a creepier screech character. Someone with facial ticks and a high voice. He's not acting black though.
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That was some funny shit. I am Mexican-American and some people said that I have my shit together in theater and I still can't get a fucking agent. I guess I have to look like a San Quentin prison bitch (no disrespect to Danny Trejo) to be given a chance.
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I guess I'm screwed man because I am nothing like that. Oh yeah, I met James Olmos once and did not ask for his advice...he was too fucking drunk.
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Sep 20, 2003 6:06:03 AM CDT
Curse of the Sitcom-the-Title-of-Which-Is-The-Same-As-The-First-
by psychonaut
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Sep 20, 2003 12:07:18 PM CDT
Reminded me of 'Becker'. Main character with a usually bad atti
by klone
Guzman is one of the most interesting looking actors around. His appearance fits the sour, Becker-like viewpoint. A lot of negative, I'm-so-put-upon posturing, but, you get a peak that there can be a PAINFULLY sweet guy on the inside. Guzman can stand still with his eyes closed and instantly look stronger and more believeable than a sitcom character is supposed to be. Why do a sitcom? It may be the easiest type TV show, for an actor, around right now. Hour long dramas are a time consuming ball breaker for the actors.
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