This show was set around a fictional teen drama series, 'Grosse Pointe' - think 'Dawson's Creek' or '90210'.
The writers struggle to come up with decent story-lines, the actors obsess over their images and the crew tries to roll with the punches. There is thus a clever dimensionality to it all: it is very busy but in a wonderful way.
One gets the feeling that this show stepped on too many toes ... obviously Hollywood has no sense of humour about itself (ask Kathy Griffin). The Marcy Sternfeld character for example has some lines overdubbed because the resemblance to Tori Spelling allegedly annoyed her father Aaron Spelling.
After 11 years it is still very fresh and watch-able. Finally it has been released on DVD and I just keep buying it as a gift for the uninitiated; thank-you ebay!
Irene Molloy easily steals most of the scenes she appears in, Lindsay Sloane is good too. The cast is hard to fault. It is a great shame the network didn't stick with the show for a few seasons.
Highly recommended.
The writers struggle to come up with decent story-lines, the actors obsess over their images and the crew tries to roll with the punches. There is thus a clever dimensionality to it all: it is very busy but in a wonderful way.
One gets the feeling that this show stepped on too many toes ... obviously Hollywood has no sense of humour about itself (ask Kathy Griffin). The Marcy Sternfeld character for example has some lines overdubbed because the resemblance to Tori Spelling allegedly annoyed her father Aaron Spelling.
After 11 years it is still very fresh and watch-able. Finally it has been released on DVD and I just keep buying it as a gift for the uninitiated; thank-you ebay!
Irene Molloy easily steals most of the scenes she appears in, Lindsay Sloane is good too. The cast is hard to fault. It is a great shame the network didn't stick with the show for a few seasons.
Highly recommended.