Monday, September 17, 2007

Just say no to K-Ville

If you watched the premier of the new Fox series K-Ville tonight I think you will agree with me that the rest of the episodes should not see the light of day. It was bad. Really bad. Words defy me bad. Forget the couple of idiot actors trying to do a "New Orleans accent", forget the bad geography, the idiotic escape by boat from "the docks" (where might one go? how would one get in a small boat at the Mississippi River docks?), forget the evil white "Dubois" family that owns the casinos and lives on a plantation, it is just bad. The 9th Ward is referred to throughout, including the Upper 9th, I guess trying to show the producers know something about the real New Orleans. The premise is just bad, especially the stereotypical white cop/black cop partner/buddy theme. Of course the black cop is a veteran cop who stayed through the storm and his partner left him during the storm. The white cop has a secret too, he is actually an escaped prisoner from OPP, but the cop he is partnered with does not mind when he finds out. The truly bad moment was when they referenced "neutral ground" but never explained what it was. Another truly stunningly bad moment was the reference to a "Gumbo party". Fox....listen to me.....KILL IT NOW!

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