The reason I watch this show anymore is because of Chris Gorham.
At the beginning, I found it to be very funny. But the same type of jokes get very old. The recent episode about Mark's coming out to his homophobic mother was pretty corny.
It's a matter of taste but I feel like the show has gone too far into the dramatic realm. It need to remember that it is a comedy first and foremost.
We, the audience, can get plenty of the "important issues" stuff elsewhere, where the "important message" (about homophobia, "inner beauty" etc etc etc) is not so compromised by the show trying to be funny and please everybody.
Vanessa William's bitchy character was also quite riveting at the beginning. But the same goal again and again? Forever scheming for Betty's boss' job and her plans getting more and more ridiculous? Looks to me like a lack of respect for the character.
Rebecca Romjin seems like a lovely person. But her acting skills are not up to her character. She's the one that really stands out among the generally stellar cast for awkward delivery.
So, please go very light on the "issues". It's not effective and ends up being very awkward to watch when the tone is first and foremost comedic. And please don't do the American thing to the character and completely kill her by having her do the makeover thing or have her "outsides match her beautiful insides", even very slowly. "Inner beauty", right?
At the beginning, I found it to be very funny. But the same type of jokes get very old. The recent episode about Mark's coming out to his homophobic mother was pretty corny.
It's a matter of taste but I feel like the show has gone too far into the dramatic realm. It need to remember that it is a comedy first and foremost.
We, the audience, can get plenty of the "important issues" stuff elsewhere, where the "important message" (about homophobia, "inner beauty" etc etc etc) is not so compromised by the show trying to be funny and please everybody.
Vanessa William's bitchy character was also quite riveting at the beginning. But the same goal again and again? Forever scheming for Betty's boss' job and her plans getting more and more ridiculous? Looks to me like a lack of respect for the character.
Rebecca Romjin seems like a lovely person. But her acting skills are not up to her character. She's the one that really stands out among the generally stellar cast for awkward delivery.
So, please go very light on the "issues". It's not effective and ends up being very awkward to watch when the tone is first and foremost comedic. And please don't do the American thing to the character and completely kill her by having her do the makeover thing or have her "outsides match her beautiful insides", even very slowly. "Inner beauty", right?