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jfbYou may have heard that NBC is planning a miniseries based on the 9/11 Commission Report. Hm. But I'm glad to hear Graham Yost is writing it; the creator of "Boomtown" is better suited to the job than anyone else I can think of.
Desperate Housewives viewed in the line of John Cheever. Also, Frank Rich on the phony controversy. Mostly I'm linking to these so I can mention it's one of the two new shows I'm enjoying this season. It's so good to see Teri Hatcher in a comedy again. Although I think they should lose the voiceover and spend the money on better music.
Dwight Garner on Country Music Television: "I've become hooked on CMT for the same reason that people glue themselves to soap operas or pro wrestling: this canny channel gives you a whole universe of good guys and bad guys and cute chicks and sassy mamas to root for and against."
Film directors Wes Anderson and Mike Nichols. The latter isn't rapturous: Nichols is "a wonderfully self-confident technician", "has never pretended he was a genius", but is "more than just another feel-good hack".
Freeman's, a hot new restaurant in Manhattan founded by a guy who missed the Loring Bar. (Note to Damien Cave: Not inviting the First Family to your parties isn't "elitist".)
A cool analysis of a Benjamin Edwards painting of an imaginary city. Unfortunately neither the tiny JPEG on the web nor the blurry print edition makes it easy to appreciate, and I won't make it to the Greenberg Van Doren Gallery by year's end. There are more hard-to-see pictures on his web site.
Desperate Housewives viewed in the line of John Cheever. Also, Frank Rich on the phony controversy. Mostly I'm linking to these so I can mention it's one of the two new shows I'm enjoying this season. It's so good to see Teri Hatcher in a comedy again. Although I think they should lose the voiceover and spend the money on better music.
Dwight Garner on Country Music Television: "I've become hooked on CMT for the same reason that people glue themselves to soap operas or pro wrestling: this canny channel gives you a whole universe of good guys and bad guys and cute chicks and sassy mamas to root for and against."
Film directors Wes Anderson and Mike Nichols. The latter isn't rapturous: Nichols is "a wonderfully self-confident technician", "has never pretended he was a genius", but is "more than just another feel-good hack".
Freeman's, a hot new restaurant in Manhattan founded by a guy who missed the Loring Bar. (Note to Damien Cave: Not inviting the First Family to your parties isn't "elitist".)
A cool analysis of a Benjamin Edwards painting of an imaginary city. Unfortunately neither the tiny JPEG on the web nor the blurry print edition makes it easy to appreciate, and I won't make it to the Greenberg Van Doren Gallery by year's end. There are more hard-to-see pictures on his web site.
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Date: 2004-11-29 05:30 am (UTC)I was mostly enjoying Desperate Housewives but I got frustrated at how slowly they were unwinding the plot, and the character stories were starting to get monotonous. And, yeah, the music was annoying. I'll miss watching Felicity Huffman, but, I have plenty of other things to watch.
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Date: 2004-11-29 06:09 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-11-29 06:17 am (UTC)hard-to-see
Date: 2004-11-29 07:38 am (UTC)Re: hard-to-see
Date: 2004-11-29 07:47 am (UTC)That said, the article and accompanying lo-res photo are still pretty fascinating. I just wish I could see the painting.