tobiasn

I like this series because of Cremer but also the acting of everyone. It's consistently good, with only a handful of duds. If one likes the genre.

This is one of the best episodes. Saying this may be personal, but I think most fans would agree. A balance between Crime and Hope is in the story - that's why I am reviewing it. The actress who plays the mistress is especially good.

R-rated sitcom that a lot of people will hate, possibly for political reasons.

The couple in 'Lucky Louie' are working-class, and the sets are spartan. The show is filmed in front of a live audience, each episode like a mini-play. The dialog realistically includes sarcasm, put-downs, quick confessions, and mad raving.

What's probably disturbing for many about the show is not the profanity or male nudity, it's that Louie and his wife are economically vulnerable but they are not political conservatives (it's not clear whether they are libertarians or liberals, but this does not matter. Their total lack of loyalty is the essence of the show).

Imagine 'the Honeymooners' TV show from 1955 except change it up so that neither buddy belongs to a union, where they treat every idea that is thrown at them with scorn, and where they enjoy debasing all ideas equally (whether they are important cultural institutions or insane conspiracy theories).

Typical was the 4th of July episode, where one of Louie's loony friends compares the holiday fireworks to a sex act by revered historical figures. This nihilist bit of dialog is delivered while the men watch the kids play in a playground!

I think the show is fantastic. It makes me laugh, and I don't mind that it cuts close to the bone.

But probably many see it as pointless and crass (the way some saw Mike Binder's "The Mind of the Married Man" - a HBO show from 2001 that lasted 2 seasons). If I had to guess I would say HBO will not renew "Lucky Louie". Not because it is so disrespectful, but because it is generating very little buzz as far as I can tell.

I lived for awhile in NYC, and I liked this movie.

I spent some part of my life in virtually identical apartments. So maybe I am just being nostalgic. But watching this, I really felt like the people were much like real people I have known.

One thing I am sure of is the dialog is terrific. For instance when one character asked 'what do you do?' and got the reply, 'I am an actor' she immediately followed this up with: 'Oh, what restaurant?'.

At this stage in my life I prefer this to anything Woody Allen has done (or for that matter the two Edward Burns' movies I have seen).

Yes, the characters sit around drinking wine, and making small talk. And, yes, the lead is irresponsible, and feels far too sorry for himself. But the movie is really about the various women's perception of the lead, about their experience of him. Which makes it darkly amusing, and happily so not in the Allenesque, narcissist, self-deprecating style. The lead is a clown, but we aren't pressured to feel sorry for him. At all.