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Hercules Craves More DIRTY SEXY MONEY!!
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“Dirty Sexy Money” reunites two “Six Feet Under” vets: writer-producer Craig Wright, who created the new series, and star Peter Krause. Krause's many co-stars include Billy Baldwin, Samaire Armstrong, Jill Clayburgh and Donald Sutherland.
It’s a comedy-drama about a lawyer named Nick George who inherits his late lawyer father’s only client: the very rich Darling family, whose members are always indulging colorful behavior. They snort coke, they pop pills, they swill liquor, they fuck trannies, they spawn illegitimate offspring. If they’re not transparently evil pricks, they’re insanely self-absorbed.
It’s funny, it’s edgy, it’s compelling, it’s sexy and it’s well-acted. It’s also a little too silly at times, but not silly enough to keep it off my Season Pass list.
USA Today gives it two and a half stars (out of four) and says:
… far less than the sum of its parts. The tone shifts precariously from scene to scene, and Krause is too dull a presence here to tie the tones together. He has to serve as our entrant into this strange world, and in the pilot, he just seems disinterested. …
The New York Times says:
… a drama that doesn’t take itself seriously and is all the more sophisticated for it. … “Dirty Sexy Money” lives up to its name.
The Los Angeles Times says:
We are not living in a subtle age and, as the title would suggest, there is nothing subtle about "Dirty Sexy Money." … Anchored by the sensible sensitivity of Nick, "Dirty Sexy" goes over the top and back again, as brightly fun and cheesy as a carnival ride. …
The Washington Post says:
… Whether there are answers or not just doesn't manage to matter, and neither do the questions -- with the possible exception of, "How did this awful thing get on the air in the first place?" …
The Chicago Tribune says:
Rating: Loved it. "Dirty Sexy Money" has everything you could hope for in a nighttime soap: a stellar cast, lush interiors, catfights, affairs, parties and jewels.
But it's also the story of one man's attempt to hang onto his moral center while cleaning up after a spoiled family worth billions. For extra spice, there's an intriguing murder mystery.…
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer says:
… You don't usually encounter the words "smart" and "soap" in close proximity, but this is one of those exceptions. Elements need to be ironed out; Gabel and Armstrong's trust-fund kids, for example, are in peril of turning off viewers with their cartoonish portrayals. From what one can glean from the pilot, this is a show that handles TMZ culture and the idiocy that feeds it with just the right touch, while maintaining hold of the idea that behind it all are flawed human beings -- none so much, perhaps, as our good man Nick. Krause keeps the character and the story grounded with his rumpled, eternally put-upon attitude, but the interplay between his character and Sutherland's hints at the deliciously brutal places "Dirty Sexy Money" can go. These are definitely the richies you can spend the season with.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette says:
… once you get past the show's bad-choice premise, it turns into an entertaining, absurd drama. … The characters are engaging in their varying degrees of awfulness, and there appears to be plenty of story fodder for years to come.
The show is less successful in making viewers care about Nick and his search for the truth about his dad's death. It's a distraction from the more interesting Darlings' contretemps. A future episode suggests the character stories will be more prominent, pushing Nick's search for the truth about his dad's demise to the back burner, where it belongs.
The Milwuakee Journal-Sentinel says:
… Like "Dallas" and "Dynasty" before it, "Dirty Sexy Money" lets viewers vicariously revel in the high life while assuring us that we're really better off leading our relatively sane, comparatively upstanding existences after all. Add in that irresistible title, and it could run for years. …
The Mimai Herald says:
… The continual orgy of conspicuous consumption, of both possessions and morality, can grow wearing after a while, but the excellent cast keeps drawing you back -- especially Donald Sutherland as family patriarch Tripp Darling, whose evil glint makes even as benign a phrase as ''good morning'' sound like ''I'm going to put an ice pick through your eye.'' Even better is Krause's portrayal of Nick, layers of exasperation upon fascination upon temptation.
Variety says:
… despite an unusually high-octane (and yes, reasonably sexy) cast ably led by “Six Feet Under’s” Peter Krause, the pilot doesn’t quite gel — feeling too determined to be quirky and provocative, and baited with a mystery that lacks the allure of the suicide that set “Housewives” in motion. Nevertheless, given the show’s asset, it would be premature to write “Money” off as a loss just yet. …
The Hollywood Reporter says:
… Part drama, part mystery and part unintentional comedy, "Dirty Sexy Money," the creation of exec producer Craig Wright, is full of well-drawn characters. Unfortunately, except for the two played by Peter Krause and Donald Sutherland, each is more tiresome and off-putting than the last. … the series, even after a second episode, is stuck in a rut. After awhile, the insane predicaments of these overprivileged characters are more pathetic than funny. The murder-mystery element is just a tiny part of the show. As for the money, it is not so much dirty or sexy as it is dull and overbearing. …
10 p.m. Wednesday. ABC.
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But it's also the story of one man's attempt to hang onto his moral center while cleaning up after a spoiled family worth billions. For extra spice, there's an intriguing murder mystery.…
The show is less successful in making viewers care about Nick and his search for the truth about his dad's death. It's a distraction from the more interesting Darlings' contretemps. A future episode suggests the character stories will be more prominent, pushing Nick's search for the truth about his dad's demise to the back burner, where it belongs.
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Not this!
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and first!
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there is a hot shemale on the show. nuff said
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Samaire Armstrong is smoking hot. I liked her in the OC and in the film where Lindsay Lohan keeps having bad luck.
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I like the fact you'll admit to watching that movie on AICN talkback. Seriously.
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Most indications are that it's good, escapist fun. But man I hate hate hate hate hate that title. Ugh.
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Got it.
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You've been warned.
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As a title "Dirty Sexy Money" is quite possibly the most brilliant, inspired title of any tv show in the last 20 years. LOL
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You already made my obvious comment - though I said it a week ago at Jump the Shark. This is "Arrested Development" with the young idealistic guy trying to rein in the misbehaviour of the wild and wacky night time soap opera family. (Of course, since I LOVED "Arrested D--", that's a good thing.) Are the reviews quoted relevant to Herc's opinion in any way? This will be good because it got 2.5 of 4 stars, Private Practice will bomb because it only got 2.5 of four stars. Subtle distinction there. As silly/awkward as the title is, it's supposed to evoke Warren Zevon's great song "Lawyers, Guns and Money", aka the theme song from Hunter S. Thompson's funeral. And personally I prefer sex to guns. I will be staying tuned in after private practice to catch this. being of the boomer generation, I remember when Donald Sutherland (Keifer's dad) and Jill Clayburgh were major film stars with a string of successful pictures to their credit. This show has their star cred plus a Baldwin! And I hear this Krause kid has done some good things too.
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Mark my words...
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"So, what did you get up to last night?" "Nothing much, just watched this new show." "Oh yeah? Which one?" "Dirty Sexy Money." i think saying it's from the zevon song is a bit of a stretch, i mean if it was called Lawyers Guns Money maybe i would believe you. it is awkward and uncatchy, i would feel like a major bonerhole telling someone i watched something with that title.
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How can you not like this title? It's not awkard at all, it jumps right out at you. I'm assuming that the show and title is designed to tap into the ass loads of people who are obsessed with celebrity gossip. Now if you're not the type of person who doesn't watch nighttime soaps, I can understand you not being intersted in the show, which then makes me wonder why you'd even read about it or post on your dislike for the title. However, I think you're missing the big picture of it all. It's either that or you're just plain evil!! ;-)
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Ooo, they're so delightfully sleazy! Sooo provactive! Soooo sexy! Sure to be a hit with Herc and other esthetically challenged and undiscerning TV slaves!
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Herc, you of all people? I'm dissapointed
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I can't wait to see Daddy Bauer in action again.
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The cast is terrific. Krause? Sutherland? This is going to be interesting.
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the blond chick (the shemale, in real life) is pretty smoking hot. I don't care if she was born a man, she's got some nice tits. BRING MORE SHOW. oh, and don't tell my wife
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...it's good with a crowd. Trashy as fuck, but pretty damned fun. $10 on the priest being Nick's half-brother.
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Really, played out right, this could be a fantastic ensemble. I get some of the criticism of the pilot...the tone did whiplash a bit, but Krause 'too dull'? No way. He's just right for the part, and you can see him ultimately playing the family off each other if need be. I'm onboard to see where they go with this.
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and this show. i'm in for at least a few more hours.
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The strange thing with Candis is they are actually making her do a mch deeper voice than she has in real life. If she was using her real voice it would of been better but then again people seem to need exaggerated male characteristics so it screams tranny to them.
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Watched this because of Krause and Sutherland. Sucked. Big time. At least half of the cast can't act worth a lick. The plotlines are predictable and you can see exactly where they're going. I care for none of these characters. There is nothing "sexy" about this show. Hopefully HBO will go after Krause again when this is cancelled.
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I never saw the promos, never saw a mag ad, all I knew was a title...and all I kept thinking was, "Desperate Housewives II"... and DH SUCKS ASS! SO...I was not even considering watching this show. (let me clarify quickly, I only watched DH's first episode because of all the hype! I thought it was going to be hot chicks gettin' dirty...not so...not so!) Anyhoo! My wife made me sit through the CRAP BUCKET that is "Private Practice" and afterwards comes DSM. I reached for the remote ready to turn it off and I couldn't...I hate to say it, but I was really intrigued and amused by the intro. Well...I watched it and loved it. (of course it could simply seem fantastic next to that POS Private Practice...so Kudos ABC...Make DSM look awesome by airing it after the catastrophe that is PP.[hee hee, I said PP]) Anyway...I'll give it a few more views...without the PP lead in. We'll see! - "Touch me again and I'll kill ya!"
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Here is a definitive forecast from a grizzled old veteran (TV watcher): Dirty Sexy Money is wildly entertaining - it will not make it past season two. Bionic Woman is as good as Heroes (and by good I mean bad) - and thus will probably own its hour (until everybody gets past the initial candy coating to realize that the brown soft center aint chocolate). Private Practice's (unavoidable) failure was put into motion on the day that Rhimes decided to gentrify the Addison character away from her original hot east-coast trampy roots. I feel somehow less than a man right now.
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...that I'm a TV snob. I Usually stick to HBO shows and a few Showtime shows. 1) I can't stand commercials (really takes me out of the show). 2) I can't stand tidy endings (though admittedly DSM didn't have one). 3) I can't stand the how-can-we-top-this? storylines. 4) I can't stand the ridiculous pop-up advertisements that ruin the bottom 4th of the screen. That said- I guess it was pretty good for network TV- but everytime that "pretty good for..." is used- it's usually a waste of my fucking time. So- maybe I was too harsh by saying it sucked big time- but I wasn't exactly entertained.
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Welcome back to the rational side of your brain. I will admit that I also dislike many of the things that you mention, but you can't wait for TV to rock your world (literally). What I enjoy about shows of this caliber, are the little writing chops and the editing cues that show there are still fresh minds at work. It's just too bad that many of them feel as though they need to dumb it down for public consumption. Then again, Heroes & DHW are proof that they probably do.
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If I want a shitty drama, I'll jusy keep watching LAS VEGAS. This looks awful.
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Tim Daly needs to quit and go back to voicing Superman
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From E!
Private Practice seemed to give ABC's new 10 p.m. soap, Dirty Sexy Money (10.4 million) a nice boost, too, but the numbers say that last fall Lost gave The Nine an even bigger boost—the serial about the survivors of a bank robbery premiered before 11.9 million—and the story didn't exactly end well for that series.
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Come on, kid. Turn your life around. You're doing a job that rates somewhere below telemarketing and gang rape, and you're not even any good at it. Get a life coach or something.
Now, how the hell has no one mentioned Zoe McClellan's astonishing cleavage in that early scene with her and Peter Krause in bed? If she wore that outfit in every episode I might consider ever, ever watching this mess again.
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