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51 out of 65 people found the following review useful: Sexy, Sleazy, and Undeniably Entertaining, 7 January 2007 Author: SilverSpring86 from United States
From FX, the guys that brought you the trashy-but-great "Nip/Tuck", comes "Dirt", also trashy and great, a show that attempts to show viewers the dark side of Hollywood and how being a celebrity isn't the happy ending we all think it is."Dirt" stars Courteney Cox (who is also an executive producer) as Lucy Spiller, the ruthless editor of two tabloids, 'Drrt' and 'Now'. She will not print gossip, however. As she says at the beginning of the pilot episode "Gossip leads to lawsuits." She will only print fact, and there must be photos to accompany the story.For that part of the job, Lucy relies on Don Konkey (Ian Hart), a schizophrenic photographer who hears voices as he works. Don is very loyal to Lucy, and Don is one of the only people Lucy is actually honest and nice to. They are good friends and have worked together since college newspaper days.After the introduction to Lucy, Don, their boss (Timothy Bottoms), and certain others who work at 'Drrt' and 'Now', we meet Prince Tyreese, played by Rick Fox (TV's "Oz" and "One Tree Hill"), a married professional basketball player who has a one night stand with a prostitute, and then is shocked when he receives photos of himself and the hooker in the mail. We don't get to see how Tyreese reacts to this in the pilot, but I am sure he will probably take a few jabs at Don, who photographed the affair.Lucy is not sure if she wants to run the photos of Tyreese and the hooker, so she diverts herself by sinking her claws into Holt McClaren, a struggling actor who is living in the shadow of his more famous girlfriend, Julia (Laura Allen). Holt is approached by Don, and they strike a deal: Holt will get good press in Lucy's magazines in exchange for gossip. Holt agrees, and ends up selling out Julia's best friend, Kira (Shannyn Sossamon) by telling Don that she is pregnant. The story runs in 'Now', and Holt gets some much needed publicity and lands a movie role almost immediately. However, Don doesn't realize until it's too late that he has ruined Kira's career, and possibly put her life in danger.'Dirt' has a sort of ensemble feel to it, and I'm sure as the show progresses every character will get their chance to shine.'Dirt' is a very entertaining piece of television, and it is destined to be a lot of viewers' guilty pleasure, just because of the shallowness of the plot. But the show is actually not shallow. The people are good and have morals, including Lucy. She has a surprisingly deep friendship with her crazy photographer, and their bond really carries the show. Lucy and Don are easily the two best characters, and Cox and Hart have good chemistry.The acting in 'Dirt' is actually very good. We all know that Courteney Cox can play the tough girl, which she did in Scream and the popular TV series 'Friends', and here she does just as well. She does a very admirable job as the cold magazine editor who has a surprisingly deep side to her.The supporting characters are very diverse and played very well. Ian Hart has the most challenging role here, and he turns in a very real performance. Josh Stewart shows talent in one specific scene where Lucy threatens to leak a very explicit tape to the public. Fresh face Laura Allen shows personality and range in the typically clichéd role of the starlet. I trust she will get to show off her talent in the future. Shannyn Sossamon (A Knight's Tale, 40 Days and 40 Nights) stars as another starlet who must face all of the bad things about fame, and then realizes it may be too much for her.The one problem I have with this show is the casting of Rick Fox as Prince Tyreese. His on-screen persona is a little to much like his real life persona of the adulterous basketball star. I don't know if him being in this show is a big middle finger to ex-wife Vanessa L. Williams or if he's just making fun of himself. But either way, his performance didn't work for me.'Dirt' is executive produced by Courteney Cox and her husband David Arquette, who together run their own production company Coquette. The decision for a couple to collaborate on a project has not worked well in the past (Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez working together on Gigli comes to mind) and the last show that that Coquette worked on 'TBS's Daisy Does America' was quickly cancelled. But I think that 'Dirt' will find an audience, much like 'Nip/Tuck' did, and will be around long enough to fully develop its characters, add in some bigger stars, and expand the plot.'Dirt' can have its trashy moments (The content that gives the show its TV-MA rating is pretty much unnecessary) and it is sometimes so real that we are ashamed that we idol the people in this show that are so negatively depicted. 'Dirt' wants to give us an uncensored look at today's Hollywood and the good, the bad, and the ugly involved in it, and that's what we get. It was good pilot, and I'm sure the show will only get better as it goes on. If you have nothing to do on a Tuesday night, give 'Dirt' a try. You may be surprised.'Dirt' is created by Matthew Carnahan. It airs Tuesdays at 10 p.m. on FX.'Dirt' is rated TV-MA and contains strong language, sexuality, nudity, and violence. Visit controlyourtv.org for more information on ratings and rating reasons.
39 out of 53 people found the following review useful: Original, Daring, and Funny, 9 January 2007 Author: McBitter from United States
'Dirt' is about a woman, Lucy Spiller (Cox), who works at the tabloid magazines, 'Drrt' and 'Now'. It focuses on the life of Lucy and those around her. The characters of the show are different, outrageous, and hilarious-all with their own personality. Lucy the bitchy, rude, and bitter boss of evil is set out on a goal-HER WORK. Cox's character is struggling with trying to develop an actual social life. The only "friend" Lucy basically has is Don, her schizophrenic paparazzi.The camera shots are amazing on 'Dirt', along with the writing. The music used is perfect for the show and perfect to listen to when you are in the mood for something fun. The acting is all really good from everybody in this wonderful show.So watch 'Dirt' and let the dark comedy cheer your day up!
41 out of 61 people found the following review useful: There is potential...just potential..., 2 January 2007 Author: Spoonmore from United States
The endless previews for the show got me interested. And I found it interesting that I was interested because when a network advertises the crap out of a show, I'm easily bored. I thought I would give the show a chance because FX always seems to give us racy, dramatic, unique shows. And I wanted to see Courtney Cox as a bitchy, lost editor in a hot red dress. I'll admit it.The pilot was a little rocky, but most pilots are. I try to never judge a television show by the first episode because it takes time to develop the story lines and characters. This show could easily find a groove if it wanted to.Courtney was fitting in her roll. She's got the tough, commanding demeanor about her. But it still seems as though she hasn't completely found the character. But maybe that's how it is supposed to be right now in the show. I think her character has many places to go in time.I found that the real star was Josh Stewart who plays a failing actor who finds himself sucked into the world of a "celebrity". Stewart is that smirky, doomed, lovable rebel that Jason Dohring recently made a career out of on "Veronica Mars." As I mentioned before, the show is on FX, so obviously there is a lot of sex. A lot. I think this is one of the weaknesses of the show. The softcore porn distracts from the plot and the sweet camera shots that are accompanied by great music. I doubt that will go away.The show has a message. We live in a messed up world. We are all awful. But has the world become so despicable that there is no humanity left? I have hope for this show but it could easily suck. I'll give it a few more chances, though.
34 out of 50 people found the following review useful: Bitchy, Scandalous Fun, 9 January 2007 Author: ilovethecinemaitaliano from United States
The very first scene in the pilot of Dirt shows Courtney Cox as Lucy Spiller, a Friend-less tabloid editor who basically spits on everyone. Now, that is the role I like to see Courtney Cox in. I hate to see her in the role of cutesy charming girl-next-door. She's stupid and annoying in those kind of roles.Lucy runs "Dirt" and "Now" Magazines, and she'll do anything to get her story, including blackmail, betrayal, maybe even someday, she'll resort to murder. That would be fun to see.What I like about Dirt is the way it's shot, it's just beautiful. I also like how Cox's character makes every pathetic little excuse for a human being cry. Her performance is to die for. And, even though I've only seen the pilot, I see no signs of slowing. It looks like it will keep getting better and better. The people on IMDb who have given this a "1" need to go out and watch some truly horrible programing. Because this is far from it. It's terrific and you should definitely watch it.
17 out of 24 people found the following review useful: Bitchy and gripping, 11 September 2007 Author: Harley-Quinn16 from United States
I have always been a fan of the scandalous, no-fear TV shows. Much like Weeds, Dirt is exciting, scandalous, and keeps you totally hooked. The variety of bitchy story lines will keep you gripped throughout each episode, with none of that please-get-back-to-that-sub-story! Every one of them is exciting and somehow you can relate to each of them. Drugs, sex, gay movie stars, murder, it's all there, and the makers of this show took a risk, a big risk, and they by no means lost!The show is a success in the UK as well as the US, and I'd recommend it to anyone who craves the excitement of the real (scandalous) world of Hollywood, the stuff we don't see. I would not recommend it to anyone who is easily offended, but for the people who want the REAL story of Hollywood paparazzi-ism, and the detailed lives of the people behind it, you cannot go wrong with Dirt.
22 out of 35 people found the following review useful: Courtney Cox is still Gail Weathers, 3 January 2007 Author: ryanbramhart3 from United States
I loved Dirt, Basically because Courtney got to be the ruthless story hungry b*ch I'd come to love through the Scream Series. And the character of Lucy Spiller is like Gail divorced Dewy in order to run 2 magazines.Lucy sets up pratfalls for the celebrity community around her. A community she navigates in and out of with an uncommon ease. She also is very aware of her place among them. She runs the PEOPLE magazine rip off called Now - in which she has the power to build a career for stars and starlets with heartwarming pieces on them. But she also runs Drrt the STAR ripoff - that has the ability to break them.And she's more concerned with the breaking. Using the leverage she has she employs a young talent who made a few bombs and got dropped by the industry to tattle on his friends. And when he does consequences arise.But what makes Lucy one of the coolest maneaters on television is that she does have a heart albeit, a very small one. Or at least a warm spot for her photographer who's got some heavy duty mental problems. Also she shows the cracks in her tightly glossed veneer after taking a new love interest home and then tasering him the next morning when she thinks he only slept with her to get a foot in the door. All in all, this might be a nice follow up to the Nip/Tuck dark sadonic tone.
11 out of 17 people found the following review useful: Better and better, 27 July 2007 Author: marco130 from France
It looks a little bit strange,from the first impression,the pilot in particular,but when you get used to it you are definitely caught by it. Really similar to the Nip/Tuck vibe: A mix of drama/comedy and chocking moments (drugs,threesome,incest,crazyness,so on...),Dirt has it all to seduce the viewers who are really open minded (narrow minded,uptight kind of persons shouldn't watch the show,leave it to grown ups guys...). Anyway the thing which seduced me the most is that the characters and the description of the world is real (nothing is black or white,there're a lot of shades of grey) and the music is simply gorgeous (hope there gonna be a soundtrack soon). The actors are really talented and Courtney Cox shines (I don't think she's still Gale Weathers,Lucy Spiller is more complex). Wish a real luck to this promising show.
14 out of 24 people found the following review useful: Cox and Hart-Magic!!, 8 October 2007 Author: beresfordjd from West Bromwich, England
Along with Heroes one of the best series to come out of America in a long while. Courteney Cox has proved herself an extremely good actress, leaving Monica from Friends way behind. She plays a total bitch with only one redeeming feature, her loyalty to Don, played by Ian Hart. The chemistry between them works so well ,I was hooked from the first episode. The first series has just ended in UK and I could not miss any of it. The performances were uniformly great and the story lines pulled no punches given the strictures of TV. I for one cannot wait fro the second series. I am not sure how it has gone down with the great British public as I can hardly find anyone else that has watched it!! It has been shown on little-watched channel 5 so it must have been difficult to garner a big audience. It certainly deserves to be seen by a wider viewing public. BTW check out Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip if you get the chance. Matthew Perry shows he too can shake off Friends (also a terrific series)
7 out of 11 people found the following review useful: Could easily be good...or not., 3 January 2007 Author: salome000 from United States
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I agree with the previous post...Dirt could be very good or very bad. I, too, never go with the pilot...it was easy to see that no one was completely comfortable with their characters but I feel that's just temporary. Two things I'm not crazy about already...the first being all the sex. For some reason, watching Julian McMahon on Nip/Tuck in the act is sexy but these characters make me uncomfortable...as if they, like me, just don't feel it's necessary. The second thing that worries me is that I'm already feeling like things have gone over the top and it's just the pilot. One starlet dead, one on life support, a mentally ill photographer who talks to his cat, a basketball player with a hooker (who ends up dead, it seems) isn't overly realistic to me. I read 'dirt' online and in mags all the time and don't see anything like this. Hopefully, the writers will realize I'm more interested in Britney Spears and K-Fed drama than I am in a star's untimely death (River Phoenix, Chris Farley). They are right about some things, though...everyone wants to know what's going on with famous people...it's nice to see these people with incredible lives have the same issues as the rest of us! All in all, I'll keep watching!
10 out of 18 people found the following review useful: The worst thing I have seen in a long time..., 3 January 2007 Author: PHeath60 from Clearwater, Florida
This show doesn't know if it wants to be a drama, a soap opera, or a porn movie. Just the worst thing I have seen in a long time.I hate to see Courtney Cox and David Arquette, who have vocally come out against the "stalkarazzi" before, turn around and glorify them. It's almost as if they are thinking "if you can't beat them, join them". That is the least of the problems with this show though. There is no direction, the plot is weak at best, and the acting...well everyone seemed to have either a stony expression or the look of shock the whole way through.Definitely not going to tune into this one again.
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