The Couch Potato Chronicles–Friday Triple Play
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SUITS (On Bravo)
Unless you have been living in a cave in the Afghanistan hills somewhere, you probably know that Suits is strange legal thriller that a lot of discerning TV watchers classify as a guilty pleasure.
The players are all lawyers or prosecutors of one kind or another and are all over-the-top dramatic all the time. With plot twists up the wazoo and characters in pretty much a constant state of crisis, I have to admit that watching this series faithfully is very energy consuming.
Guilty pleasures are the shows you know are never gonna be anything more than vertically themed soap operas, but you watch them anyway because they are kind of addictive.
The last one I had before Suits was The OC.
I watch Suits primary because there really is little else going on on TV in July and August. It’s actually so bad out there in TV Land that we are even watching America’s Got Talent, which I guess is now a guilty pleasure on the reality side.
Suits is primarily about a big law firm hot shot lawyer, appropriately named Harvey Spector, who hires a kid who has a photographic memory, fakes his Harvard Law credentials and takes him under his wing as an associate. Of course that’s a great plot point because you just never know when the jig will be up, or what the ramifications will be.
This series is in its sixth season, so there are obviously a lot more people than me who have classed it as a guilty pleasure. If you’re into that kind of stuff, it’s also available on Netflix.
We were cruising around on Netflix last night and found this little beauty. It's the story of an 18 year old kid who has, for most of his life, had muscular dystrophy (Welsh actor Craig Roberts) and his care giver, a guy with a ton of baggage of his own to lug around player by Paul Rudd.THE FUNDAMENTALS OF CARING (On Netflix)
It’s a very funny, touching, but without ever really getting maudlin, weird kind of buddy pic about an emotionally disabled person and a physically disabled kid helping each other by taking a road trip to see, among other things, the world deepest quarry pit.
Former or present (who cares) Justin Beiber squeeze Celena Gomez is also part of the story as a potty-mouthed hitchhiker they pick up along the way. She’s great.
This movie, like most indie films, is all about characters and these characters are completely intriguing in their own ways and the film is a real treat for movie lovers.
Kudos to Netflix for funding a lot of great movies and series. There’s very little in the way of Netflix produced stuff that I haven’t really enjoyed.
THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION (Everywhere)
The Republican Convention, which seemed to go on forever, is finally over, capped off by Donald Trump’s long and nauseating acceptance speech. It was a plagiarized mashup of all his other speeches, but a little more on the tame side. The only bright light here was his daughter Ivanka, who, in addition to being pretty hot, gave a rousing intro for her dad that we will probably find out soon was plagiarized from something. LOL.
For this review I will quote Mr. Randy Keho, an American Bee, with whom I regularly joust on this site. His comment, to a piece I wrote yesterday pretty much sums up the week, way better than I ever could. https://www.bebee.com/producer/@jim-murray/too-much-time-social-media-in-an-election-year-will-definitely-fry-your-brain
RANDY’S COMMENT:
Wow! What a speech last night. I haven't been that pumped up since I first saw the "Twist and Shout" scene in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off." Even my dog was dancing. I wish I was a millennial. Then, Donald took the podium and I fell asleep on the couch. Did I miss anything important? I loved Ivanka's outfit. Did you know she's a writer? Is it just me, or was Melania wearing the same plagiarism-white dress she wore for her speech?
Michelle Obama may have "trumped" the entire RNC convention with her "Carpool Karaoke" on "The Late Late Show" with James Cordon. I have to hand it to you, Jim Murray. You're right on target in regard to casting blame for this mess on the George W. administration, followed up by the Obama administration.
Now, we get to sit through a week of watching that wrinkled old hag Hillary Clinton in her boring pantsuits. If we're lucky, Slick Willy will spice things up by getting caught with his hand in some woman's cookie jar, again. I hope Gennifer Flowers get to speak.
MY RESPONSE: You're a real piece of work @Randy Keho. I'd say that if we lived in the same town we could go out and have a few beers, but then we would probably end up getting killed by a cop.
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Jim Murray
7 years ago #2
Actually I think using your quote is a step up in credibility. It says Hands Across The Border and all that other good shit.
Randy Keho
7 years ago #1