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I originally bought the DVD because I'm a big fan of John Wesley Shipp, who played Ray Colton. Once I watched it, I was pleasantly surprised. It turned out I related to the plot, a young woman seeking revenge against relatives she felt did her and her father wrong. The performances of Mr. Shipp and Cynthia Gibb (FAME and SEARCH FOR TOMORROW) were good in that the reactions when they realized that their teenage daughter was right about Christy all along were that of utter shock and disbelief. The girls who played Christy and her cousin were adequate. The blonde girl who was part of Christy's plan came off like a total ditz. Perhaps Paris Hilton could have played the part better.

This short-lived show is famous for the fact that this was Jamie Lee Curtis' first big role before becoming going on to films (HALLOWEEN, FREAKY Friday, A FISH CALLED WANDA, TRADING PLACES, etc). I remember watching this show as child. The other actors I can recall were John Astin, Richard Gilliand (before marrying 'DESIGNING WOMAN' Jean Smart), Curtis, a blonde actress who resembled ALL MY CHILDREN's Taylor Miller (she played Nina Cortlandt Warner on AMC), and a brunette who later replaced Brenda Dixon in the role of Jill on THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, when Dixon left Y&R the first time in 1980. As for the jokes and situation, I do not recall them. I did not find that funny, despite the fact that it had Astin as the star. This was NOT one of his best post-Gomez Addams roles.

This show sucks. It gives the impression that all gay men of color are effeminate, oversexed queens. QUEER AS FOLK portrayed some of the characters as masculine, normal men who have the same issues as straight. Anyway, there are gay men of color who are masculine. Unless they told you they are gay, you would not know it. As for this dreck, like the daytime soap PASSIONS, it should be cancelled. I could relate more to the men appearing in gay porn than the over the top characters on this show. I do not care about these characters. Noah, the effeminate queen. Dicky, the nymphomaniac. Alex, the gossipy drama queen. Change, the sexually repressed twit. I say that YOUNG AND RESTLESS' Phyllis should run them over with her car.