Monday, November 21, 2005
Thrill vs. gore
I've been a huge fan of Medium, the NBC show about Allison DuBois. It's odd, clever, sometimes puzzling, often funny, usually packed with both plot and character development to the max. The characters are three dimensional, especially Allison's husband Joe and middle daughter Bridget. (Bridget is one of the most original characters on tv which is saying a lot considering that she's six years old.) Of late, unfortunately, the show has been skirting perilously close to the line over which is gratuitous gore. If it goes any closer, it will lose those of us who have zero interest in watching people bathe in blood. My fingers are crossed that Kelsey Grammer (who is, unexpectedly, one of the exec producers) and the other creative folks will rein it in a little and keep investigating and pushing the corners of our minds rather than taking an easy watery red way out.
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