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    In Which We Try to Convince Ourselves That Parks & Recreation Will Be Good
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    Image of Accidental Billionaire Accidental Billionaire
    04/10/09

    In reply to In Which We Try to Convince Ourselves That Parks & Recreation Will Be Good
    Amy Poehler stuffing her bra and using a wireframe to suggest that flat chest hides money. Cheap.


    A lot of this show revolves around Amy being a ditzy sex object.


    This is the third show in a line of NBC slop that pantomime the professional work environment. Which is great, if you're a college kid who's never worked in one before.


    If you actually work in the office, it's not funny, it's childish.

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    04/09/09

    In reply to In Which We Try to Convince Ourselves That Parks & Recreation Will Be Good
    just watched it.. sucked :p
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    Image of Spirit Fingers Spirit Fingers
    04/09/09

    In reply to In Which We Try to Convince Ourselves That Parks & Recreation Will Be Good
    It may be great, but can I say the concept is pretty suckass boring. City council whodamajigit and building parks? Not that paper suppliers are supposed to be funny, but it's the all around misfitness of The Office which makes it work. Which means this new show will have to do pretty much the same thing, take something that's as boring as sweater fuzz and make it quirky and interesting. The problem is that show already exists. And that may work, or it may always be the big brother saying, "Suck it! Kiss my swim trophy!"
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    Image of Aaron Altman Aaron Altman
    04/09/09

    @Spirit Fingers: I don't think we've had any shows about small-town bureaucrats in a while. Government offices are just waiting to be mined for comedy gold. I have seen that comedy gold in action; I have also seen that comedy gold inaction.
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    04/09/09

    @Aaron Altman: For great Government office comedy I always defer to Benson, just always.
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    Image of JacobMarx JacobMarx
    04/09/09

    In reply to In Which We Try to Convince Ourselves That Parks & Recreation Will Be Good
    You know what makes me nuts? Palm trees in Indiana.
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    Image of Aaron Altman Aaron Altman
    04/09/09

    @JacobMarx: Haha, awesome. :-)
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    Image of BBooms BBooms
    04/09/09

    In reply to In Which We Try to Convince Ourselves That Parks & Recreation Will Be Good
    "The show's mostly-negative reviews focus on that same listlessness and lack of sharp edges, which we've always worried would be attendant with a comedy about... building a park in Indiana."


    Dude, Observe and Report is about a mall security guard and a makeup counter girl, and people are not worried about it lacking an edge. If this show isn't sharp, the premise is not to blame.

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    04/09/09

    @BBooms: Waiting for Guffman, a film about putting on a bad play in a small town in Missouri, is one of the sharpest movies I can think of.
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    Image of Richard Lawson Richard Lawson
    04/09/09

    @Dave J.: @BBooms: Right, but movies only have to last an hour or two. This is a TV series that will, potentially, produce hours and hours of content. And, whereas The Office's concept works because it's so relatable, a public works official building a park is not, I don't think, as universal a topic.


    But yes, agreed on Guffman.

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    Image of MrInBetween MrInBetween
    04/09/09

    In reply to In Which We Try to Convince Ourselves That Parks & Recreation Will Be Good
    I hate critics who call someone or something "delicious." It's unappetizing laziness.
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    Image of Aaron Altman Aaron Altman
    04/09/09

    In reply to In Which We Try to Convince Ourselves That Parks & Recreation Will Be Good
    Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope?


    Leslie yep. Prediction: after its successful, truncated first season, it comes back late fall '09 with a 20-episode order, and runs for a total of six seasons. You heard it here first.

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    04/09/09

    In reply to In Which We Try to Convince Ourselves That Parks & Recreation Will Be Good
    I loved her in Bay Mama, but am glad I saw it free on HBO, because apart from her, the movie was an abortion.
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